How do steam juicers work

Place about 4 inches of water in a water-bath canner and place the rack in the bottom. Submerge the washed jars right-side up and arrange them on the rack so they don't touch each other. Top off with enough water to cover to 1 inch above the tops of the jars.

Bring the water to a boil, and boil 10 minutes boil an additional 1 minute for every feet of elevation. Then reduce heat and keep the jars in the hot water until ready to use.

To use, remove and drain one jar at a time but save the hot water in the canner for later processing. What about the lids? You may be wondering if you should also boil the jar lids. According to the manufacturer of Ball jars and lids, you don't. Apparently this is a recent change. You can read all about it HERE. It's a pretty interesting article.

Long story short, just make sure your lids are washed and clean. Process can the juice Using sterilized jars, fill with juice directly from the hose of the juice steamer. Caution: Hose will be hot, so only touch the clamp to release the juice. Wipe the rim of each of jar with a clean dampened paper towel. Adjust sterilized lids and screw on the rings finger tighten only. Process in a water-bath canner according to your altitude. Here's the process times for grape juice:. So you have juice--Now what?

Pretend it's the middle of winter and you just used your last jar of grape jelly. The family is whining because they've turned into jam and jelly snobs and refuse to eat anything but Mom's homemade. So they pout and fuss, wishing there was more and frowning at the tasteless jar from the store they'd rather eat a jelly-fish, or so they say. What to do?

Answer: Use the homemade juice in your pantry! Give those whiners what they're crying for. I'm just kidding. I know your family doesn't have whiners in it. I dare you to try. So if you run of out jelly before next grape season, all you have to do, my fellow homesteader, is grab a couple jars of last summer's unsweetened juice from the shelf and whip up some jelly.

I love that feeling of self-reliance, don't you! What to do with the rest of juice? Besides being prepared to make what you need when it comes to the family crisis of jelly-lack , you can do the obvious with all that juice on your shelf: Drink up and enjoy! Glug-glug, my friend. But leave a jar or two for the jelly-babies. Or don't. Until next time Joy--Fearless Farm Girl,. Labels: easiest way to make juice , grape jelly , grape juice recipe , How to use a steam juicer , make grape juice , multiple uses for a steam juicer , steam juicer , the best way to make juice.

Quebedeaux July 29, at AM. Newer Post Older Post Home. Subscribe to: Post Comments Atom. Stay inspired to achieve a more simple, self-reliant way of life. For the highest benefit, this juice should be consumed right after its made. If you did want to store the juice, you can read more about that here. Steam juicers on the other hand do not create "fresh and live" juice. They cook the juice. When the produce is heated, enzymes are lost and destruction of other nutrients in the juice occurs.

Most canned or bottled juices purchased in the store have been heated so they are "shelf-stable" and are devoid of enzymes. This type of juice has lower nutrient quality than a fresh juice. It is said one of the main benefits of juicing is the enzymatic activity of the juice, which is lost when the juice is heated.

Fresh juicers work by using mechanical means to break open the cell walls of the produce such as shredding, grinding or pressing which extracts the juice out of the produce. There are several types of mechincal juicers, such as centrifugal, centrifugal ejection, masticating, single auger, twin gear, and press style juicers. You can learn more about these type of juicers here. The majority of fruit and vegetable juicers work well on most fruits and vegetables, although challenges can occur when juicing some fruits.

Please read more about that in this article. The steam juicer works by steaming the produce to cause the cell walls to break and causes the juice to fall into a juice kettle which is then drained into jars or bottles. Due to the heat and extraction method, this juice is concentrated. Steamed juice can be used to make concentrates, syrups, jams and jellies. Steam juicers can only juice certain soft fruits, such as: tomatoes, berries, grapes, cherries, apricots, rhubarb, peaches, pears, strawberries, raspberries, currents, and apples.

So I can process enough fruit in one go. That saves me time. Through this link you will find the 10 l Steam Juicer we bought. The other thing you will need is bottles with a lid, washed and sterilised. For this I reuse beer bottles with a screw cap, rubber cap or a flip-top. You can also go fancy and use a special weck juice bottle. I reuse just any kind of bottle. I wash them well and sterilise them. How to do this? Click on the link and see my blog: Sterilising Bottles in the Oven.

Steam juicers are very useful for processing large quantities of fruit into juice. In this way you will save time for doing other things on your farm. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Oh sure — occasionally, I would get a bumper crop of fruit from a friend, etc.

Now that my family is working to restore an old 14 acre-farmstead with over 60 heirloom fruit trees , my style of canning has gone into overdrive. I still put up my small batches of produce from my own backyard. But when I am at the farmstead, I am doing large-scale canning. I never felt I needed a steam juicer before because I considered them best for mass quantities of fruit. But after buying two one for home and one for the farmstead , I now realize I should have bought one years ago.

A steam juicer is a great way to juice large OR small crops of produce like berries, plums, peaches, apples, grapes and even tomatoes , which can later be used in juice, jelly, liqueur, or even wine. A steam juicer is a low-tech way to extract juice from fruit or veggies.

It is simply a stack of nesting pots that sit on your stove. And it has a tube for pouring off the juice.

The top pot holds the fruit or vegetables in a colander so the steam can penetrate it.