A simple recipe for carrot juice for the winter at home
During the long winter months, the human body does not have enough vitamins, so people are interested in preparations that retain most of the nutrients. Carrot juice, harvested for the winter, is no exception. They try to prepare it so that many elements necessary for the human body are preserved in the drink.
Preparing carrots
In order to make a tasty and healthy drink for the winter, you should choose the right carrot. What signs should you pay attention to:
- Root color orientation. The most delicious juice comes from carrots, which have a rich, bright orange color. There are more benefits in such vegetables.
- Vegetable size. Do not purchase very large carrots. It accumulates harmful substances that get into the fruits as a result of processing with chemicals. It is better to use for this purpose medium-sized or grown on your site root crops.
- The degree of maturity. Better for making a drink are those vegetables that are well ripe, they have a lot of juice, and they are as useful as possible.
The preparation of root crops is carried out as follows:
- The fruits should be washed thoroughly. It is advisable not to cut off the top layer, which is located just under the skin. It contains the main percentage of carotene. For cleaning, the surface is lightly scraped with a sharp knife.
- After that, rinse the carrots again and remove the dirt that remains from cleaning.
After completing the preparations, proceed to further actions.
Subtleties of technology
Depending on the chosen cooking method, there are certain subtleties, performing which you get a tasty and healthy drink for the winter, which will be stored for a long time.
Using a juicer
Prepared carrots (1 kg) are crushed and sent to a juicer. The resulting liquid is poured into a glass container and left to settle for about 40 minutes. For a variety of taste, add citrus zest. At the end of the time, strain through cheesecloth folded in several layers.
To slightly reduce the concentrate of the carrot drink, add a little water to it. Then it is poured into a cooking container. Put on low heat and bring to a boil. They continue to simmer on the fire for 8 minutes.
The workpiece should not be allowed to boil strongly, the temperature should be no more than 80 ⁰C.
Then add sugar - about 100 g, not all at once, but in parts. After its dissolution, pour 2 g of citric acid into the mixture.
Pour the finished drink into dry sterilized jars and put in a container for sterilization, do not cover with lids. Sterilize for 25 minutes. Roll up and wrap until it cools completely.
Through a meat grinder
In order to prepare carrot juice using a regular meat grinder, you have to work a little. To begin with, the roots are twisted, then, using gauze, decant the liquid.
Further cooking technology does not differ from cooking with a juicer. If you want to make juice with pulp, it is better not to use a meat grinder for this purpose. The consistency is very rough.
In a juicer
For housewives who have this device at their disposal, the process of preparing a drink is greatly simplified. Cut vegetables into small pieces and put them in the raw material section.
Pour warm water into the juicer container, block the hose with a clamp. Put on fire. Cooking time from 30 to 70 minutes.
Distribute hot juice in jars, roll up and wrap until it cools down at room temperature.
Common carrot juice recipe
It is easy to prepare a vitamin drink for the winter in home cooking conditions, you just need to follow the instructions exactly.
You will need any amount of carrots available, sugar is added at the rate of 1 liter of liquid: 20-60 g of sand.
Make juice from carrots using any available method. Pour into a container, put on low heat. Bring to a boil and pour out the sugar, dissolve the grains and simmer for another 1-2 minutes. Pour the ready-made juice into jars, sterilize for 25-30 minutes, if the jars are liter. Then roll up and store.
Harvesting a carrot drink is not difficult at all, and there will be a lot of benefits from it in winter.
No sterilization recipe
You will need 1 liter of water, 500 g of root vegetables, 100 g of sugar, 1/4 tsp. tablespoons of citric acid.
Prepare a drink in this way: chop the carrots, pour water and put on fire. Cook for 40 minutes. Using an immersion blender, grind the mass together with water. Then add citric acid and put on fire. If the mixture is too thick, add water.
The final stage is pouring the drink into the prepared cans, rolling and wrapping until it cools.
To prepare carrot juice without sterilization, you do not need to spend a lot of effort, and it is difficult to overestimate the degree of usefulness.
Carrot juice with orange
To prepare such juice for the winter, you should prepare 2 kg of vegetables, 0.5 kg of oranges, 1 liter of water, 100 g of sugar.
Prepare carrot juice. Grind the zest on a fine grater, squeeze the juice from the pulp. Connect them together, add 1 tsp. spoon of zest. Leave on for 30 minutes. infuse. Heat the mass over a fire, without bringing to a boil, add sugar and wait for it to completely dissolve.
Pour into jars, pasteurize for 30-40 minutes. At the end of the time, roll up, wrap well for a day.
Canning methods
Harvesting is carried out in 2 ways:
- Pasteurization. First, the mixture is brought to a boil, poured into containers. Banks must be closed with lids and sterilized for 20 to 45 minutes. Only then roll up.
- Hot spill. The mixture is cooked over a fire, poured into jars while hot. Then you should roll them up.
The choice of method depends on the personal preference of the housewife.
Juice storage
The shelf life of a carrot drink is long. Of course, subject to strict adherence to the recipe and cooking rules.
If the lid of a can of juice is swollen, such a drink is dangerous to human health.
Depending on the amount of ready-made juice, it is stored in the refrigerator or cellar. Conditions should be optimal for storage: humidity not more than 80%, temperature from 0 to + 20 ⁰С.
Those who monitor their health should take a closer look at the preparations for the juice of this root crop. Its benefits are undeniable, and the cooking process is simple and affordable.
