Whether with sparkling water as a wonderfully refreshing drink, as a fruity cocktail or enjoyed on its own: cherry juice is a delicacy that you can easily make yourself. In this way, even a large cherry harvest can be preserved and the taste of summer can be captured.

Before cooking, the cherry stones must be removed

ingredients

For one liter of juice you need:

  • About 1 kilogram of cherries
  • hopper
  • It is filled in preserving bottles from specialist shops. Alternatively, you can reuse swing top bottles. Brown bottles are particularly suitable because the juice is better protected from light and has a longer shelf life.
  • If you want to juice in the saucepan: A cheesecloth or a clean tea towel.

Juice the cherries in a saucepan and boil down

  1. Run the water in the sink and wash the fruit thoroughly.
  2. Drain, remove the stems and pit the cherries with a stoner.
  3. Place in a saucepan and fill with enough cold water to just cover the fruit.
  4. Heat and simmer gently for 10 minutes.
  5. Line a large sieve with cheesecloth.
  6. Add cherries with liquid and let drain for 30 minutes.
  7. Meanwhile, sterilize the bottles in boiling water for 10 minutes.
  8. Squeeze out the remaining juice with a ladle.
  9. Pour the cherry juice back into the saucepan and bring to the boil again.
  10. Immediately pour into the bottles and seal.

Extract the cherry juice with the steam extractor and boil it down

  1. Fill the bottom tier of the juicer with water.
  2. The washed, pitted cherries go in the upper part.
  3. Heat on the stove. The steam reaches the cherries through the holes in the fruit basket, destroying their cell structure.
  4. Catch escaping juice.
  5. To preserve the juice, briefly boil it in a saucepan and immediately pour it into sterilized bottles.

Obtain fresh cherry juice with the juicer

Cherries are also good for not-from-concentrate juices, which you can make yourself in the slow juicer. This cherry juice is very rich in vitamins, but should be drunk immediately as it does not keep for long.

tips

Juice from sweet cherries tastes pleasant and usually does not need to be sweetened. With sour cherry juice, you can add sugar if you wish before heating it a second time.

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