Making Carrot Juice

[Durgan]

http://www.durgan.org/URL/?OVOGA 16 September 2010 Making Carrot Juice.

The carrots are finished for this year, and to utilize the pristine remainder, it was decided to make carrot juice. Storage has been tried in the past and the quality deteriorates so much after a month is so that for all intents and purposes the carrots are useless for food, except in dire circumstances.

The carrots and some green tops were gently boiled until soft and were mashed using an hand blender. The mash was put through a strainer, then placed in liter jars, and pressure canned for sterilizing and long term storage at room temperature.

This is just another juice, and it utilized the carrots efficiently. Nutritional value? I have little real knowledge.

[becky3086]

Interesting! I didn't know you could boil the green tops in with the bottoms. Not that root vegetables even grow in my garden

[JeremyinCzechRep]

Do they need to be boiled at all? I just push mine into a juicing machine and it produces delicious juice.

[Durgan]

Do they need to be boiled at all? I just push mine into a juicing machine and it produces delicious juice.

There can't be much carrot juice when utilizing without boiling. Also, long term storage must be a problem.

As to the nutritional benefits utilizing either method, I have no idea.

[JeremyinCzechRep]

I was pleasantly surprised how much juice I got. And I also threw the leftover bits into a carrot cake so nothing was wasted.