This document provides instructions for making carrot juice at home using a juicer or blender. It outlines 8 steps: cleaning and preparing carrots, pureeing the carrots, adding water to the puree and letting it sit, straining the pulp from the juice, optionally adding orange juice, adjusting the flavor with additional water, and serving the carrot juice over ice.
2. THINGS YOU WILL NEED
• About 8 carrots
• JUICER
• 8 – CUP MEASURING CUP
• STRAINER
• 2 ORANGES (OPTIONAL)
3. STEP 1
CLEAN YOUR CARROTS!
• WASH YOUR CARROTS UNDER COLD WATER.
• SCRUB THEM WITH A VEGETABLE BRUSH IF
YOU CAN
• CUT OFF THE GREEN PART
4. STEP 2
PUREE THE CARROTS!
• Place your cleaned carrots in a blender or food
processor.
• Process until finely chopped or mashed.
• One may have to add a small amount of water
if the carrots are not very moist.
5. STEP 3
ADD WATER
• POUR THE PUREE INTO A LARGE GLASS
MEASURING CUP AND ADD 2 CUPS OF HOT
WATER A STIR
7. STEP 5
• Remove the pulp. Using a hand strainer, strain
the juice into a 2 quart (2 L) pitcher.
• Using the base of a glass or other blunt object,
press the mash to extract as much juice as
possible from the strainer.
• If you want to strain out even more pulp, pour
the resulting juice through a jelly strainer.
8. STEP 6
• Add orange juice. It's optional, but it's tasty!
Juice 2 oranges, and add that tasty nectar to
the carrot juice.
9. STEP 7
• Adjust the blend. Depending on how rich you
like your carrot juice, add additional water to
taste.
10. STEP 8
• Serve over ice. Enjoy the healthy, natural
goodness of a fresh glass of homemade carrot
juice!
