Nothing beats Fresh Orange Juice... and in this recipe card you will learn how to make orange juice 5 ways.No matter what equipment you have (yes even a blender) you can make fresh squeezed orange juice at home!Special Tip: Freeze leftover orange juice in ice cube trays. They're great for smoothies, salad dressings, or as ice that won't water down your orange juice (or cocktails!)
Add to the electric juicer and juice into a glass.
If you want to remove excess pulp, strain the juice through a fine mesh strainer.
Blender Directions:
Peel and quarter the oranges (discarding the peel).
Add the orange and water (1/4 cup per orange) to a blender.
Blend until mostly smooth, then strain the fruit and juice through a fine mesh strainer to remove the thick pulp.
Electric Squeezer Directions:
Halve the oranges, and place the cut orange halves (one at a time) over the electric squeezer, pressing down to extract the juice.
Continue with all the halves of your oranges.
If you want to remove excess pulp, strain the juice through a fine mesh strainer.
Manual Hand Squeezer Directions:
Halve the oranges.
One halve at a time, push down and twist (at the same time) over a manual hand squeezer.
Continue with all the halves of your oranges.
If you want to remove excess pulp, strain the juice through a fine mesh strainer.
Manual Citrus Press Directions:
Halve the oranges.
Add one halve at a time to the manual citrus press, and pull the lever down to press out the juice. Discard the halve and continue with the remaining halves.
If you want to remove excess pulp, strain the juice through a fine mesh strainer.