Fresh Orange Juice
Fresh orange juice is a one-ingredient recipe in which everything depends on choosing the fruit and on speed. An orange is roughly half juice by weight, and its vitamin C starts breaking down the moment the juice meets air. So it is not made ahead — it is made and drunk.
- Prep
- 10 min
- Total
- 10 min
- Servings
- 2
- Level
- Easy
- Per serving
- 110 kcal
Ingredients
Makes: about 500 ml, 2 glasses
Shopping list
The ingredients for the servings you chose — copy them or send them to a messenger. Tick what you already have at home: only the rest goes on the list.
Method
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Step 1: Bring them to room temperature
Take the oranges out of the fridge half an hour ahead. Cold fruit gives noticeably less juice — the flesh is tighter.
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Step 2: Roll them
Press down with your palm and roll each orange on the counter for 10 seconds. It breaks the membranes inside and the juice comes out more easily.
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Step 3: Squeeze
Cut across the segments and press on a juicer or by hand. Do not press right into the skin: the white pith gives bitterness.
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Step 4: Strain if you like
Sieve it for a clear juice, or keep the pulp for more fibre and most of the flavonoids.
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Step 5: Serve at once
Pour and drink within 15 minutes. A spoon of lemon juice slows the oxidation a little if it has to wait.
Tips & variations
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Tip
A juicy orange feels heavier than it looks and has thin, smooth skin. Coarse, pitted skin almost always means thick pith and little juice.
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Tip
A kilo of oranges yields roughly 400–500 ml. Two full glasses take seven or eight medium fruit — more than most people expect.
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Variation
Orange with grapefruit (2:1) is less sweet with a pleasant bitterness; with carrot it becomes thicker and mellower.
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Storage
It does not keep. If it must, fill a glass bottle to the brim, close it and refrigerate for no more than 12 hours.
Nutrition
| 1 serving | Whole dish 2 servings | |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 110 kcal | 220 kcal |
| Protein | 2 g | 4 g |
| Fat | 0 g | 0 g |
| Carbohydrates | 26 g | 52 g |
Approximate values calculated from standard ingredient data.
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