Red currant juice
Easy and quick way to make juice in a pot.
Equipment
- Big pot, at least 5QT
- Bowl or another pot
- Strainer
- Funnel
- Bottles
Ingredients
- 3 qt red currants, 6-7lb
- 9 cups water
- 1 cup erythritol or stevia sweetener you can use regular sugar
Instructions
- Pick the red currants, you can leave the stems. Put the berries in a big pot and leave at least ¼ of the pot empty so it won´t boil over.
- Pour water in the pot so that the berries are covered. You can also preheat the water in a teakettle to make the process faster.
- Add the sweetener, use erythritol for a sugarfree version. Also honey or regular sugar works well.
- Boil the mix for around 5-10 minutes so that the berries become soft.
- Taste the juice and add more sweetener if you want to.
- Let the mix cool. After a couple of hours it is ready to put in bottles, but you can let it rest through the night also, just cover with something so no flies get in it.
- Strain the juice with a strainer to a bowl. Press the berries so you get all juice out.
- Pour the ready juice into freezer bottles using the funnel as help. A soup scoop is good for this job. You can also use glass bottles if you store the juice in fridge.
Notes
The juice stores in the fridge for up to a week. Store in airtight bottles.
It is recommended to freeze it and thaw it as you use it, plastic freezer bottles are the best. If you use glass bottles for freezing, make sure the juice is totally cooled down before putting it in the freezer. Thaw it in the fridge and avoid sudden temperature changes since the glass breaks easily.