Juice fresh grapefruit until you have approximately 3L of liquid.

Put hot water into your canning pot and start bringing to the boil so it is ready when your sweetened juice is.

At this stage, you should also wash a funnel that you'll use in step 5. If you are using Ball jars, don't put the lids or rings into the oven. With Weck glass lids, these can go into the oven with the jars (the rubber rings and clamps should not go into the oven). The oven is to keep the jars warm to reduce heat shock rather than to sterilise them.

Wash your bottles/jars, lids and rubber rings (if using) in hot soapy water and then place into an oven set at a low temperature.

Makes: 5x 530 mL Weck Juice Jars (with a little left over to keep in your fridge)ġ 1/2 cups sugar (I use raw golden sugar) You can adjust the sweetness to suit your tastebuds or intended use. I've developed this recipe with the intention to dilute it by about 50% with fizzy water (50/50 mix grapefruit juice and carbonated water). Feel free to add in other citrus too - in developing this recipe, I also added in the juice from a few oranges, limes and lemons that I had on hand. To store: Keep in the fridge for up to 2 weeks, once opened use within 5 days.Do you have an excess of grapefruit and don't know what to do with it all? There's only so much marmalade one can eat, right? This bottled grapefruit juice recipe will use up a lot of this excess fruit and will give you a lovely mixer to enjoy over summer. Uses: Serve with ice or mix with orange juice for a tasty citrus cocktail. Made from 100% pure squeezed grapefruit, golden grapefruit juice has a tangy, refreshing flavour. To store: Keep in a cool, dark place for up to 6 months, once opened store in the fridge and use within 4 days. Pure grapefruit juice (long life)Īn unsweetened juice made with concentrated grapefruit juice. To store: Keep in the fridge for up to 2 weeks, once opened consume within 3 days. Uses: Serve as a refreshing drink, for a lighter drink mix with sparkling water or lemonade if you prefer a sweeter drink. Pure Florida white grapefruit juiceĪ traditional unsweetened grapefruit juice made with concentrated Florida grapefruit juice. Uses: Serve as an alternative to white grapefruit juice - it has a sweeter flavour. Pure Florida ruby red grapefruit juiceĪ naturally sweet juice with a distinctive red colour, made with concentrated Florida grapefruit juice. Uses: Ideal for taking on holiday or picnics because it does not need to be refrigerated before opening.

Or to divide into whole segments, peel the fruit and cut the segments out from the membrane.Ī variety of different grapefruit juices are available: Pure Florida pink grapefruit juice (long life)Ī naturally sweet grapefruit juice made with concentrated grapefruit juice. To prepare: Cut in half and use a grapefruit knife, or small, sharp knife to cut between each segment. Grapefruits can be also be made into marmalade or squeezed to make fresh juice. Uses: As a snack or in salads, as a garnish or in chicken and oily fish dishes or simply halved and sprinkled with sugar for a starter or for breakfast. Waitrose stock red and white-fleshed Florida grapefruit and they are at their best during the winter months. Florida grapefruitįlorida grapefruit have a juicy sweet flavour with no bitterness. Or to divide into whole segments, peel the fruit and cut the segments out from the membrane.

To store: At room temperature for 3-4 days, or in the fridge for up to 2 weeks. Grapefruits can be also be made into marmalade. Uses: In salads, and fruit salads, in chicken and oily fish dishes or simply halved and sprinkled with sugar for a starter or for breakfast. Choose fruit that are heavy, which indicates they are full of juice, and have an even-coloured skin. The increasingly popular red grapefruit have thin skin and firm flesh with a sweeter taste. The largest member of the citrus family, the classic yellow grapefruit has white flesh with a distinctive juicy and sweet yet tangy flavour.

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