Successful recipes for the production of watermelon juice for the winter

Previously, watermelon was considered simply delicious dessert. But later it was found that it contains a very valuable vitamin - folic acid. Juice and pulp of watermelon is a good diuretic and choleretic. It also contains fiber, fructose, lycopene - a powerful antioxidant, vitamins - thiamin (B1), riboflavin (B2), carotene, ascorbic acid and PP, nitrogenous substances, iron in the form of mineral salts. Unfortunately, the season of drinking watermelon is short. But home preservation of juices does not lose popularity. Not everyone knows that the watermelon juice can be preserved and harvested, like other vegetable and fruit. The watermelon itself is sweet and does not contain acids that are preservatives, so fresh juice is not stored for a long time even in the refrigerator. However, using some tricks, you can prepare useful and tasty billets.

In addition to pure watermelon juice, you can prepare blended (mixed). Some general tips for preparation:

banks and lids for conservation should be thoroughly washed and sterilized with steam or in the oven;

preparation of raw materials: thoroughly wash the watermelon, cut into pieces, peel and seeds, crush the pulp and strain through a sieve, squeeze the residue through 3-4 layers of gauze or nylon, or use a juicer;

to obtain clarified juice, it is necessary to filter it additionally through several layers of filter paper or napkins.

It is necessary to choose ripe, juicy fruits, healthy, without stains.

To make three liters of juice you need:

• Pulp of watermelon - 7 kg.
• Sugar - 200 gr.
• Citric acid - 5 gr.

Preparation:

1. Watermelon cut into pieces, extract the seeds, separate the pulp, grind it with a juicer or meat grinder, strain through a sieve, then pulverize it in the gauze. Mass to bring to a boil and, if necessary, remove the foam.
2. Reduce heat.
3. Put sugar and citric acid.
4. Stir until the sugar dissolves.
5. Bring to a boil and lower the heat.
6. Boil for 5-7 minutes.
7. Pour into pre-prepared banks.

Ready juices should be left at room temperature for 10 - 12 days. If during this time the juice is not cloudy, the lid is not swollen, put in a dark dry place for storage. Keep preferably in coolness.

Recipe for blended apple juice

Blending apple and watermelon juices gives the original taste and extra vitamins. The use of this juice home cooking in the winter will help the body resist infections and colds. If apples of acidic varieties - to reduce citric acid to 5 g., If sweet - to reduce the amount of sugar to 250-300 grams. Variants instead of apples - grapes, plums, pears, red or black currants.

Ingredients:

• Watermelon and apple juice   - 5 liters each.
• Sugar - 400 gr.
• Citric acid - 10 gr. (or juice of 1 lemon)

Preparation:

1. Prepared juices in a saucepan.
2. The mixture is brought to a boil, if necessary, remove the foam.
3. Fire reduce to a minimum.
4. Add citric acid and sugar. Stir until completely dissolved.
5. Boil on low heat for 5-7 minutes.
6. Pour into pre-prepared banks and roll up. Put upside down and cover until completely cooled.

Watermelon juice for the winter in the juice processor

The production of watermelon juice in a juice cooker has undoubted merits. The juice comes out more concentrated and sweet - you can not add sugar. During cooking, the raw material is pasteurized and can be preserved without additional heat treatment. In this case, it is also necessary to use sterilized (hot) jars and lids.

Ingredients:

• Water (for sokovarki) - not less than 3 liters.
• Watermelon flesh - by the volume of juice.
• Sugar is optional.

Preparation:

1. Pulp clean, cut into medium cubes.
2. In the lower part of the sokovarki we pour about 3 liters of water.
3. Prepared raw materials put in the upper pan. If sugar is used, it should be added at this stage.
4. We put on the stove.
5. After sufficient heating, the finished juice begins to flow down the tube.
6. Collect the product immediately in hot, sterilized cans.
7. To fill the cans, close and tighten. Put upside down and cover until completely cooled.

How to freeze watermelon juice

To make blanks without heat treatment, you can use freezer. Frozen watermelon juice   preserves the maximum amount of vitamins and useful substances. From a frozen product you can make cocktails, light homemade ice-cream - sherbet, just drink after defrosting, you can add ice juice cubes to champagne, and you can use such preparations for beauty - to rub the face and neck skin with ice cube.

Ingredients:

• Watermelon

Preparation:

1. Wash the watermelon clean, cut.
2. Squeeze the juice from the prepared pulp with a sieve or crushed with a blender.
3. Spinning and filtration at will - you can leave juice with pulp.
4. Immediately pour the juice into the forms. You can use molds for ice, for baking cupcakes, cups from yogurt.
5. Put it in the freezer.
6. After a complete freezing, shake the ice out of the molds and lay them in plastic bags. At once to clean packages in a freezer for the further storage.

Cooking nardeck - watermelon honey

Nardeck can only be made from fully ripe watermelons. This billet without the addition of sugar, but at the same time is perfectly stored. In nardek you can add melon juice. Melon will give a special taste and smell of honey.

Ingredients:

• Watermelon
• Melon (optional)

Preparation:

1. Watermelon is good to wash, cut into pieces.
2. Peel off the seeds and peel.
3. Pass through the sieve.
4. Heat to a boil, remove the foam.
5. Strain through nylon or gauze.
6. Put on a very weak fire.
7. Boil until the weight decreases by 5-6 times, with constant stirring.
8. Boil honey to bring to a boil, put into ready-made jars, roll up and cool down.

The recipe for watermelon syrup

Syrup of watermelon juice is very useful and tasty. It is used for various drinks, impregnation of cakes, as topping to ice cream. You can conserve slightly blanched slices of watermelon and melon in the syrup.

Ingredients:

• Watermelon juice - 700 gr.
• Sugar - 300 gr.
• Lemon or lime juice - 5 gr.

Preparation:

1. Mix the prepared juices with sugar.
2. Heat to boiling.
3. Keep on low heat until the sugar completely dissolves.
4. Pour into prepared banks and roll up.

Home canning is a good way to diversify the daily diet of the family, get more vitamins in the winter. Blanks from watermelons are not widely distributed, but with the help of these recipes you can try new, delicious and healthy dishes. If the watermelon juice seems a little fresh, you can combine it during cooking with any other. You can also add lemon zest, vanilla, cinnamon. It's good if the second ingredient adds acid sips or tartness. You can experiment with small portions of juice and find out which additives are right for you. Preserving on these recipes does not take much time, but allows you to preserve the taste of your favorite summer dessert for winter.

Also for thrifty housewives, we have prepared and others not less than interesting recipes   blanks that are simple and will not require you to a large number of   free time, such, for example, as:, and.

Watermelon is indispensable if you have kidney problems or you just decided to lose weight. Watermelon juice is a wonderful and pleasant base for unloading days. This storehouse of vitamins and minerals will help to improve metabolism and improve the complexion, and yet it is so refreshing in the summer heat!

How to make watermelon juice at home?

For starters, choose a ripe, juicy watermelon. We clear the flesh from the peel and bones, and let it pass through the juicer, it's better to screw it - it squeezes the juice to dry cake. In the case of a conventional juicer, you can scroll the flesh again and finally squeeze the juice with gauze. Watermelon juice should be drunk immediately, without leaving "for later" even in the refrigerator. If desired, you can add to it other juices, powdered sugar   or mineral water with gas - get a really invigorating drink!

Recipe for watermelon juice for the winter

Although it is not very common and not everyone knows about it, but watermelon juice, like any other vegetable or fruit, can be preserved and drunk in the winter. Of course, most of the beneficial properties are inevitably lost, but it retains its diuretic effect, taste and summer freshness.

Ingredients:

• pulp of watermelon - 8 kg;
• sugar - 300 g;
• citric acid - 10 g.

Preparation

Watermelon pulp without pits we grind in puree, add citric acid and sugar, and send to the fire. Bring to a boil, reduce the gas to a minimum and cook, stirring for 5 minutes. If desired, you can add apple, or, then you need to boil a little more. We pour it on sterilized jars and roll them up with metal covers. Watermelon juice is ready! From the amount specified in the recipe, about 5 liters of juice is obtained at the outlet.

How to prepare watermelon juice in a juice cooker?

Another way to conserve watermelon juice is to cook it in a juice cooker. To do this, pour in at least 3 liters of water into the bottom pan of the sokovarki, and fill the top with a pulp of watermelon seedless, cut into fairly large pieces. If desired, you can add a little sugar, but remember that the juice in the juice is always more sweet and concentrated than the juice produced by the juicer. We put the unit on fire and after a while the life-giving moisture will begin to be released through a special tube. Since this juice has pasteurized, it can be stored in the refrigerator for a long time without changing its taste.

Juice from watermelon crusts

Let's talk right away - juice from watermelon crusts   You can cook only if you are absolutely sure of the origin of the fruit itself. Otherwise, risking instead of a vitamin cocktail get a hefty dose of nitrates and other, not the most useful additives.

And to prepare such juice is very simple! Instead of throwing the crusts, let's pass them through the juicer and get a fresh, green and unsweetened drink. You can mix it with celery juice in a 1: 1 ratio or add the pulp of the watermelon pulverized in a blender. In any case, it's delicious and very useful!

1 Portion 15 minutes

Description

  - a frequent guest on the table in any family in the summer and autumn. He is equally loved by both adults and children for freshness, aroma, sweetness and juiciness.

Eating one piece after another, many do not even think that this large berry contains not only a rich taste palette, but also a lot of useful properties. The possibilities of watermelon juice, pulp, crusts and seeds are actively used in recipes of folk medicine and in cosmetology.

Watermelon can be eaten as an independent dish, you can make juice, syrup and even honey from it. And in all these dishes will continue a huge amount of vitamins and trace elements.

Benefits of watermelon juice   extends not only to adults, but also to children's organisms. With it, you can quickly cope with diuresis, which is often observed in children. This juice is recommended to drink and with diseases of the liver, kidneys, urogenital system, to speed up the process of removing stones from the kidneys, toxins and toxins from all organs.

Due to the strong diuretic effect, the juice also cleans the body of cholesterol. The watermelon's hide and pulp contains carotene, vitamins C, PP, E, B and folic acid, plenty of calcium, potassium, magnesium, sodium, iron and phosphorus. Properties of watermelon juice and its saturation with useful substances made it a very tasty folk remedy for many diseases.

For example, he will be an indispensable assistant in the treatment of atherosclerosis, arthritis, gout and diabetes. Regularly drinking the juice of watermelon is necessary for hypertensives and for those who suffer from painful sensations caused by cystitis, prostatitis.

The watermelon juice is good for the human body. On the one hand, it gives an increased burden on the kidneys and the heart, but at the same time it strengthens the walls of the vessels, normalizes blood pressure, restores the rhythm of the heart muscles after suffering strokes and heart attacks, strengthens the immune system and supplies the body with vitamins.

Freshly squeezed watermelon juice   - a good tool for improving metabolism, to restore normal water-salt metabolism. It is ideal as a component of the diet for those who have problems with the functioning of the endocrine system.

He is appointed   to prevent depressive conditions, inhibition of the development of cancerous tumors, to increase resistance to stress, to remove puffiness, and to normalize the level of acidity. With its help, anemia, insomnia, sexual impotence in men are treated, muscles are strengthened and better supplied with oxygen and nutrients.

In addition to all of the above, this drink is very effective in fighting menstrual pain, with bloating in pregnant women. Frequent consumption of juice during a cold or SARS will help quickly bring down the temperature, wash the infection.

Watermelon juice: treatment

Angina and pharyngitis can be treated with daily four-time gargling of the throat for 4 days. For each rinse it is necessary to squeeze a quarter of a glass of juice. Dosage intake of juice in anemia is three or four glasses, which should be drunk gradually in several visits.

Stones in the kidneys can be treated not only with traditional medicines, but also juice squeezed from watermelon pulp. It is enough to replace them with water and drink juice at 2-2.5 liters per day (just a day, that is, you should drink it even at night), observing equal intervals between the reception of such a tasty medicine.

Will help this drink and with constipation and problems with the digestive system - every morning you need to drink on an empty stomach a glass of freshly squeezed juice. To fight obesity   The daily norm of watermelon juice should be about 1.5 liters. Indication to the intake of watermelon juice is and adenoma of the prostate gland. In this case, you should drink up to 8 glasses of juice per day in 4 approaches. The effect will become visible after 2 weeks.

Hemorrhage caused by hemorrhoids, quickly stop, if you apply hemorrhoids washed in cold water   and water-soaked swabs moistened with watermelon juice.

Does the watermelon juice help with chronic purulent otitis? In this case, it is better not to use juice as the main medicinal product. It is well suited as an addition to the treatment prescribed by the doctor, since it helps in the shortest time to bring down the heat and remove the infection from the body.

To get rid of a headache it is possible, if to drink at once 2 glasses of juice. With burn lesions of the skin, you can use ice cubes from watermelon juice.

Dosage intake of juice for cholelithiasis - 2/3 cup three times a day for half an hour before meals; with arthritis, gout, atherosclerosis - 150 ml three times a day; at jaundice, intoxication and with the purpose of restoration of an organism after operation - on 200 ml before meal 3-4 times a day; with ischemic disease, it is enough to drink 2 cups of watermelon juice mixed with apple juice. By the way, watermelon - a good remedy for heartburn, just one glass of juice - and heartburn passes.

  Drink this miracle drink in small sips, not hurrying. The intake of juice must always precede the intake of food, since otherwise it will ferment, not having mastered the body, and cause unpleasant sensations associated with increased gas production.

Watermelon juice for a small child is also useful, but the daily allowance should not exceed a few drops, while adults are allowed to drink up to three liters per day. But it should also be taken into account that watermelon juice as a complement to a small child under one year of age is not recommended.

It is better to wait, when the children's organism fully adapts to adult food, and its digestive system and the kidneys can withstand such short-term increases in the load, which causes juice from the pulp of watermelons.

Juice of watermelon in cosmetology

In cosmetology it is used for moisturizing and whitening the skin, smoothing its tone, increasing elasticity and getting rid of acne. Owners of oily skin can make masks from watermelon juice, yolks and sour cream, mixed with vegetable oil.

Kashitza from juice   and flour will help rejuvenate the flabby and wrinkled skin. Why do not watermelon juice for mass sale, if it is so useful? First, freshly squeezed juice retains a much larger amount of vitamins, and secondly, the production of watermelon juice will require the restructuring of the entire technological process.

After all, more than 90% in this large berry - water, fragrant and sweet, which is called "watermelon juice", the technology of preparing all juices on an industrial scale involves obtaining concentrated extracts, which is extremely difficult to do in the case of a watermelon. And therefore for cosmetic purposes it is better to use freshly squeezed juice.

Wiping with watermelon juice will relieve the pigment spots and make the skin more elastic and soft. The watermelon juice for the face is also useful because in combination with alcohol it is able to deeply cleanse the skin, eliminating the problem of purulent acne.

The juice of watermelon, caloric content of which is only 38 kcal, has found wide application in dietary nutrition. On its basis, often build a diet of people suffering from obesity. Naturally, watermelon will not have a beneficial effect if all the other items of the diet are systematically violated. An integrated approach is needed to treat obesity.

Low calorie juice of watermelon does not prevent him from creating a feeling of satiety. This remarkable property allows you to arrange unloading days without much moral discomfort. These days you can only watermelon, and drink better juice from a watermelon flesh.

To achieve the effect, two days of fasting a week are sufficient. Some resort to eating only dishes from watermelon pulp for three or four days to lose weight very quickly. This is allowed, but only as an extreme measure.

How to make watermelon juice at home?

  At home you can very quickly make a watermelon juice, the recipe of which is to separate the pulp from the rind, cut it with small bars and pass through the juicer.

For this purpose, you can use the press. A more laborious method is to use a gauze cut to squeeze the juice manually. You can not keep this juice even in the refrigerator, so it's better to spend some more time and prepare the condensed watermelon juice (nardek).

Nardek is a so-called honey from watermelon juice. To make it, the ripe watermelon is well washed and cut into quarters in a deep basin. The spoon selects the entire pulp, which is then wiped through a sieve and filtered.

From the pelvis, the juice that has separated out in the process also merges. Next, the evaporated juice of the pulp of ripe watermelons is prepared by bringing it to a boil followed by filtration through gauze. Strain the evaporated juice of watermelon again put on the fire and cook until a thick honey of brown hue.

The evaporated watermelon juice by volume should be 5-6 times less than the original mass of fresh juice. To store the evaporated juice of ripe watermelons it is possible and in a refrigerator, and in a cellar, if it is hermetically sealed in jars.

Watermelon juice: billet for future use, recipe

Freshly squeezed watermelon juice, storage of which even within a few days is problematic, can be harvested for future use by adding several additional ingredients and subjecting it to heat treatment.

We will tell you how to make juice from watermelon - the recipe is simple: from 9 kg of pulp juice is squeezed, it is combined with granulated sugar (300 g) and 10 g of citric acid and all this boils for about 5 minutes, then quickly rolls up. Watermelon juice for the winter can be harvested and in its pure form, and diluted with apple, cranberry or blackcurrant juices.

Juice from watermelon - conservation from the category of unusual dishes and drinks. Jars with him are few in the shelves. But how happy the guests will have beforehand prepared juice from watermelon for the winter, it will be a real surprise for them and will be recognized as a masterpiece. And there is nothing difficult in making a watermelon juice, recipes can be found for every taste.

You can prepare another delicious treat   - syrup from watermelon juice. It will require 0,7 kg of juice, 0,3 kg of sugar and lemon juice (5 g). The juice of watermelon and lemon and sugar boil over low heat, after completely dissolving the sugar, you can remove it from the plate. If you do not like the pure form of watermelon juice, canning can be done according to the recipes in which it is combined, for example, with melon. Juice from watermelon and melon is prepared by the same methods, you can weld them separately, and you can immediately connect.

If there is already a watermelon juice in the storehouses, canning did not take a lot of time, then one can not worry that in the winter, the relatives will not have enough vitamins. Juice will fill their deficit very quickly. Harvested watermelon juice for the winter can be mixed with lemon juice and crushed ice before consumption, as a result, an unusual and delicious cocktail will turn out.

Is watermelon juice harmful? Yes, he, like all other foods, has contraindications.   It should not be drunk to those diagnosed with pancreatitis, diabetes, who have adhesions in the intestines or who suffer from urinary incontinence. The watermelon's sock is very tasty, unusual and useful!

The natural, undiluted juice from the pulp of watermelon to an unprepared consumer may seem too sweet.

You can squeeze juice not only from the red part, but also from the subcortical white-pink area. The main thing is to remove it beforehand. This will reduce the overall sweetness of the drink and simultaneously increase it nutritional value. Since watermelon contains, on the average, 92% of the liquid, it is not difficult to squeeze the juice out of it.

The question is, why is this necessary? After all, all the valuable nutrients   Vitamin C, vitamins B1, B2, B3, B5 and B6, beta-carotene, folic acid, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, lycopene can be obtained directly from bright and juicy watermelon segments.

In fact, watermelon juice is just a more convenient delivery of nutrients. This drink is good for dietary and therapeutic nutrition for adults and children. It is convenient to take it with you for a morning jog or a country picnic.

Let's see, under what diseases, watermelon juice will be a particularly useful addition to the diet.

Useful properties of watermelon juice

Cleansing the bladder and kidneys

Due to the high concentration of water, watermelon juice is a natural diuretic that helps the body to purify the kidneys and bladder. In this useful drink, there is a lot of potassium, which lowers the concentration of uric acid in the blood and removes toxins from the kidneys.

Removal of excess fluid

Consumption of watermelon juice is a wise choice, especially for those who suffer from fluid retention in the body. This problem is most often experienced by women during pregnancy or menstruation. The diuretic nature of the juice helps to remove puffiness and eliminate a number of other related problems.

Treatment of arthritis

The use of watermelon juice for patients with arthritis is reduced to the supply of beta-carotene and vitamin C. Both of these substances act like anti-inflammatory drugs and can even alleviate severe joint pain.

Energy bonus

In favor of watermelon juice also speaks of the fact that it contains a lot of B vitamins, metabolism participants and the process of energy production.

With regular consumption of such juice, you can significantly improve overall health and energy level.

Concentrated vitamins

Why do we need chemical analogues of vitamins and minerals when there are useful and 100% natural fruit and vegetable juices? Watermelon juice without seeds and pulp removes most of the digestive load from the gastrointestinal tract.

This drink is a real gift of nature for us, including those who do not tolerate dietary fiber (bloating, gas, intestinal pain, etc.).