Quinces are closely related to apples and pears and therefore have a lot of similarity to these fruits. However, quinces cannot be eaten like their relatives because they are simply too hard and their taste is also not very good. However, quince juice tastes good, so it's worth making juice from quinces.
How to cold juice quinces?
You can cold juice quinces by making a mash from finely chopped, frozen and thawed fruits. The soft pieces of fruit are pressed in a fruit press and produce a clear, refreshing quince juice that can be drunk pure or mixed.
Juicing quinces coldly
Quinces are usually juiced by boiling or steaming. With this procedure, the fruits become soft and can be pressed. The hot juice can be filled into sterile bottles and stored for a longer period of time. Cold juicing is also possible, but is a little more complicated.
Mash production for cold juicing
In order to get as much juice as possible using the cold pressing process, you need to make a kind of mash from the fruit.
- Cut the quinces into as small pieces as possible.
- Freeze the fruit pieces in suitable containers.
- Thaw after a week.
- Crush the now soft pieces of fruit in the food processor.
Instead of making mash by freezing, you can also finely shred the quinces. However, you need a very powerful shredding machine for this. You can press out the resulting snippets in the same way as the mash.
Expressing the mash in the fruit press
The fruit press is a barrel-like container made of wood or metal. Line the container with a fine cotton cloth and add the mash. Close the container and turn the spindle. This spindle now presses wooden or metal discs onto the mash and presses it out. The juice runs out of the opening provided and through a sieve. The sieve filters out all solid components. The result is a clear quince juice.
The refreshing juice has a slightly tart taste and can be drunk pure or mixed with other juices.
If you want to bottle the juice and store it, you must boil the juice and pour it hot into sterile bottles. If large quantities of quinces are produced, you should try to juice your harvest in a winery let. These companies, mostly found in fruit areas, have large presses that squeeze out your quince juice effortlessly.
