Preserving fruit juices

There are countless juices that are available in the market. However, mone of the juices that we get in the market could be absolutely pure as many producers of fruit juices add color and add other artificial flavors  to make them look real. These juices do not pass the test of them being called healthy for consumption.

Juices extracted from fruits grown in one’s garden are considered to be of the best quality and healthy too.

Our garden has several fruit trees and some of the fruits can be used to extract juice and preserve them .

Different methods are used for each of those fruits. We normally preserve juices from bell fruit, cherries, star goose berry, star fruit and mangoes.

Bell fruit is wiped clean and minced using a mixer and juice extracted. Sugar syrup is prepared for which ginger juice is added. The fruit juice is added to the syrup once the syrup is cooled. A mild preservative is added. This is a concentrate. Water could be added to lessen the sweetness.

Cherries and star gooseberry is done differently. They are wiped and sugar is added in the ratio 1:2 where one is the sugar. This mixture is put in a glass or plastic container and kept in the fridge for seven or more days until sugar is melted. The container is well shaken every day.

The juice is strained out and a preservative added. This is a concentrate too.

Pulp is extracted from ripe mangoes and put in the blender.  A sugar syrup is prepared and the blended mango pulp is added once the sugar syrup is cooled. This goes through a strainer A bit of preservative is added.  This is a concentrate.

If the fruit is sweet then less sugar is needed. This comes with practice.

Keeping these juices in  the fridge guarantees they freshness for long periods.