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Can I use a Juiceman juicer to get juice for jelly-makiing

Posted by weedlady Central OH 5 (My Page) on
Fri, Sep 28, 12 at 19:07

I have a nice raspberry harvest going on and several friends & relatives would be thrilled to get some jam--but asked if I would make it seedless.

The first batch I made I ran berries through my Villaware mill and that was not effective, even using the berry screen. A lot of seeds got through and most of the pulp just seemed to get hung up inside the thing and I had to just scrape it all out.
So then I heated the pulp with a little water and hung it in a cheesecloth bag. (I always have hated making jelly as opposed to jam since I hate throwing out that pulp!) I was not concerned with or even interested in having a clear product, I wanted jam, so by virtue od a LOT of squeezing of the bag, I did get out as much usable pulp as possible.
It made very nice jam, and now I want to make more.

I remembered that I had gotten my Mom's old Juiceman juicer some years back, so wonder if that would do the trick of getting the seeds out but yielding a good juice for jelly.
Anyone ever try that? I went to their website but it was of no help.
Grateful for any input/suggestions!


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RE: Can I use a Juiceman juicer to get juice for jelly-makiing

I don't know about a juicer on soft berries - I use a fine screen strainer, just press the pulp through (it holds about 4C easily), work it with a soft spatula, then dump the seeds out and put new batch of berries in.

I've only ever done this with cooked berries, haven't tried with raw. But makes a nice smooth product and I think easier to clean than a juicer.


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RE: Can I use a Juiceman juicer to get juice for jelly-makiing

Can't help with the Juiceman as never used one but cooked till soft berries go through the Villaware much better than raw ones and it catches most of the seeds too using that pre-softened texture.

Dave


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