Canning Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice

[SmoothBites]

There's absolutely nothing better than waking up and having fresh squeezed orange juice with breakfast! It's one of life's simple little pleasures!

With our trip coming up for 2 weeks I thought it'd be great to can the juice here and take it with us in 500ml jars. I googled it and found it's possible, but there's some mixed reactions on the end product. We have a Cuisinart Compact Juice Extractor and removes all the pulp, leaving you with pure golden juice. We always use Naval oranges and cut off the rind and pith.

I read that some find it better to add sugar to boost the sweetness a bit. You need to bring the juice to a temperature of 190F for 5min, then add it sterilized jars, seal, and process in a water bath canner for 15min. After this just let them cool and pop a top anytime you want a ray of sunshine.

Is this correct? Any tips? Advice?

Thanks a lot!

 

[Mad Cook]

There's absolutely nothing better than waking up and having fresh squeezed orange juice with breakfast! It's one of life's simple little pleasures!

With our trip coming up for 2 weeks I thought it'd be great to can the juice here and take it with us in 500ml jars. I googled it and found it's possible, but there's some mixed reactions on the end product. We have a Cuisinart Compact Juice Extractor and removes all the pulp, leaving you with pure golden juice. We always use Naval oranges and cut off the rind and pith.

I read that some find it better to add sugar to boost the sweetness a bit. You need to bring the juice to a temperature of 190F for 5min, then add it sterilized jars, seal, and process in a water bath canner for 15min. After this just let them cool and pop a top anytime you want a ray of sunshine.

Is this correct? Any tips? Advice?

Thanks a lot!

But if you preserve the juice you won't be drinking freshly squeezed orange juice, will you? The method you describe probably destroys much of the vitamin C and a lot of the taste and involves carting a lot of clutter around with you. Why not just take the oranges and a little hand juice squeezer and then you can have REAL freshly squeezed orange juice every morning?

 

[Andy M.]

Heating the OJ will change the taste.

Watch the videos in this link. http://www.discusscooking.com/forums/f122/oj-vs-oj-vs-oj-100245.html