How to Make Orange Juice
There is nothing as satisfying as a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice. It may take a couple minutes longer than you expect. Try it out: Make some and see if you want to go back to drinking bottled juice again!
1.Squeezing Orange Juice by Hand
Soften the orange. Tightly squeeze or roll the oranges firmly with the palm of your hand across the counter or table to soften them up.
2.Cut the orange. Slice the orange in half and remove the seeds. If you want to go seedless, use navel oranges.
3.Juice the orange. Grip the one of the orange halves tightly and squeeze it by hand, using a plain juicer to coax all the juice out.
4.Add pulp. Scrape the orange with a spoon and add the pulp directly to the juice if you use a hand juicer. If you prefer clear juice, pour the juice through a strainer before drinking.Add some pinch of black salt or sugar for more flavor. Some oranges are already sweet.
5.Drink up! Enjoy a crisp, cold glass of freshly squeezed, unpasteurized orange juice, the way it was intended to be!
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Just take the fruit and roll it against a hard surface with the heel of your hand to soften it slightly. This motion helps break the membranes that contain the juice within, and make for easier squeezing. Then cut the citrus in half along the widest part of the equator. (Yeah, this all seems incredibly simple, but you see people trying to juice orange quarters and you realize you can't just go assuming, ya know?)
Grab a fork and a bowl. Lightly poke the cut surface all over with the tines of the fork. Then holding the citrus in one hand, pick a spot toward the center of the fruit, plunge the fork in and twist it to release the juice into the bowl below. Moving in a circle out toward the edge of the peel, repeat this motion until there's no more juice to be squeezed. Then move on to the other half. Mildly tedious? Indeed—but highly effective. You won't waste a drop.
From here, you can fork out any seeds, and remove the pulp using a colander or a fine mesh strainer, or just go ahead and chug it chunky-style. This method is also highly effective with other kinds of citrus come summertime should you choose to set up a lemonade stand on your sidewalk. Call it "artisanally hand-squeezed." Charge $5. You've earned it. Maybe buy a juicer with all that extra cash.
