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Lemon trees grow wild at the foot of the Himalayas, an area considered to be the birthplace of lemon. In Russia, the fragrant fruit became known in the second half of the 17th century, when it was brought to Moscow from Holland. At first, the trees were planted outside the Kremlin walls in the royal greenhouse, then they spread to merchant estates, and today they are comfortably located on the windowsills of city apartments. At home, they are grown for decorative purposes, and from the fruits purchased in the store, a healing drink is often prepared - a real storehouse of useful substances.

Why lemon juice is good for you

For humans, the drink has long become a natural supplier of minerals, vitamins, the effect of which on the body is multiplied by a large amount of vitamin C. Lemonade has a tonic, restorative, antioxidant effect. There are many truly effective recipes for traditional medicine based on it: lemon juice is used to treat scorpion bites, frostbite, nosebleeds, abscesses, general malaise, shortness of breath, and edema. A few sips quickly relieve a hangover, relieve fatigue, toxicosis during pregnancy.

Composition

A low-calorie drink with a low content of proteins, carbohydrates, organic acids and dietary fiber, it has an optimal combination of minerals and vitamins. The nutritional value of 100 g of lemon juice is 33 kcal, the quantitative composition is shown in the table:

Beneficial features

Just three lemons are enough to get juice with a small amount of calories and a daily requirement of vitamin C. The potassium and magnesium contained in it, in combination with ascorbic acid, normalize cardiac activity, strengthen the walls of blood vessels, improve brain function, and prevent stress. The juice contains calcium, which strengthens bone tissue and tooth enamel. With lemon juice, phosphorus enters the body, which is necessary for the normal functioning of the nervous system.

The lemon drink has antimicrobial, antiseptic effect, helps with infections, viruses, enhances concentration, improves memory, gives mental balance, confidence, calmness. Promotes the production of gastric juice, has a beneficial effect on the skin: increases its elasticity, prevents the appearance of early wrinkles. In winter, it strengthens the immune system, prevents hypovitaminosis.

How to make lemon juice

For the preparation of the drink, they take fruits with a thin peel, without defects, slightly greenish, if possible, harvested in winter. Before cooking, the lemons are washed with running water and dried with a towel. Juice can be prepared using a manual or electric juicer, blender, meat grinder, or hand-squeezed. To make it easier to squeeze, you can first dip the lemon into boiling water for 2 minutes.

From citric acid

Citric acid is used in the food industry as a flavoring agent, preservative and acidity regulator. Previously, it was obtained from lemons and tobacco biomass, today it is produced from sugar and strains of Aspergillus molds. Taking citric acid inside helps to cleanse the body, regulates digestion, improves vision, burns carbohydrates, and improves immunity. To prepare artificial juice, white granules are diluted with warm water in glass or earthenware in a ratio of 1: 2 and allowed to dissolve for 5-7 minutes, stirring slightly.

A solution of this concentration cannot be taken orally - it can only be used in small doses in cooking (for example, for dressing salads).

Freshly squeezed

To prepare lemon juice, washed dried fruits are cut in half across the cut. You can squeeze juice from each half by hand, but it is better to use a mechanical press, an electric citrus juicer or a regular juicer for this purpose. In the latter case, the peels must be removed from the lemons. It is recommended to dilute freshly squeezed juice with water in a ratio of 1: 3 and drink in portions of 50 g. Store it in a glass container in the refrigerator.

Lemon juice treatment

Freshly squeezed lemon juice can be consumed internally or externally. When taken orally, it is diluted with warm water, olive oil, added to tea, prepared infusions, cocktails in combination with juices of other fruits, honey. Useful lemon juice with sprouted wheat grains, carrot juice. The benefits of lemon juice for the body have been proven in the following diseases:

• colds and infectious diseases, persistent cough, tonsillitis;
• metabolic disorders, diabetes mellitus, obesity;
• diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and kidneys;
• atherosclerosis;
• bronchial asthma;
• diseases of the nervous and cardiovascular systems;
• high uric acid levels, rheumatism, gout, kidney stones;
• vitamin deficiency, prevention of influenza during epidemics;
• postpartum amenorrhea;
• anemia.

When applied externally, lemon juice is used undiluted or mixed with glycerin, oil, shampoo, and other ingredients for application, lubrication, rinsing, and teeth cleaning. It is recommended to cauterize them with foci of skin infections. The beneficial effect of lemon on the human body is noted with the following indications:

• treatment of pharyngitis and other throat diseases;
• elimination of fungal foci on the skin and nails;
• prevention of caries, dental plaque;
• lightening age spots and freckles;
• moxibustion of acne;
• cosmetic procedures;
• softening the hardened skin on the elbows and heels;
• strengthening hair.

Reception on an empty stomach

In the absence of contraindications - allergic reactions, painful sensations - lemon juice diluted with warm water is recommended to be taken in the morning, half an hour before breakfast. This drink invigorates no less than a cup of coffee, helps the body wake up and recharge itself with energy, increases efficiency and vitality, and normalizes metabolism.

For a single intake on an empty stomach, mix the juice of half a lemon with half a glass of warm water, take this mixture twice a day. With a large body weight, the amount or concentration of lemon juice can be increased.

With garlic

Infusion of lemon and garlic is effective for bronchial asthma. To prepare the drink, grind 2 large heads of garlic and 5 lemons, pour 1 liter of cold boiled water, close the lid tightly and insist in a dark place at room temperature for about 5 days. Filter the finished infusion and take one tablespoon before meals.

To cleanse and strengthen blood vessels, prevent strokes and heart attacks, another recipe is used: mix finely chopped 1 large head of garlic and juice of 1 lemon, add 2 teaspoons of honey and 1 glass of boiling water. The mixture is infused for 1 - 2 days in a warm dark place, filtered, and then taken half an hour before meals, 1 tablespoon 3 times a day.

Treatment of skin diseases

Lemon juice can cure even the most stubborn eczema if you take it inside in large quantities in several doses according to the following scheme: the first day - juice from 5 lemons diluted with water, the second day - from 10 lemons, and so go to 25 lemons. Then continue taking the drink, reducing the amount of lemons in reverse order. The course of treatment ends with 5 lemons. The drink should be taken through a straw so as not to damage the tooth enamel. This folk recipe can only be used by people with a healthy gastrointestinal tract.

To get rid of warts, bedsores, trophic ulcers, an external agent is prepared: mix 1 tablespoon of lemon juice, 100 ml of aloe juice, 100 ml of glycerin. Store this mixture in the refrigerator, in a tightly closed jar, use it as a compress or lotion on a sore spot. You can treat warts with lemon vinegar: insist the zest of two lemons in vinegar for 7 days. In the finished product, moisten a cotton swab and apply to the wart for 15 minutes. Repeat the procedure twice a day.

Lemon juice for hair

Lemon is suitable for preventing hair loss, eliminating dandruff and solving the problem of oily hair. On the basis of lemon juice, masks and rinses are prepared, it can be added to shampoo, for dry hair, mixed with fatty components - sour cream or vegetable oil. To prepare the mask, mix the juice of 1 lemon with 1 egg yolk and 1 teaspoon of castor oil. Apply to damp hair, insulate with a towel, rinse off after 40 minutes. This mask should be done no more than 2 times a month.

The harm of lemon juice

• allergic reactions;
• an increase in the ph index, accompanied by pain, cramps, colic;
• exacerbation of gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer;
• diseases of the pancreas;
• diarrhea;
• destruction of tooth enamel.

In order to avoid exacerbations, the reception should be started with small portions, in a diluted form, gradually increasing to the required dose. For diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, it is not recommended to take lemon juice on an empty stomach. To reduce the laxative effect, add honey or sugar. Drink lemon juice through a straw, after taking your mouth rinse with a solution of soda.

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Ginger lemonade
37 kcal per 100 g

The hot days are about to begin, we suggest you prepare this refreshing drink! And ginger root will also help those who lose weight.

Lemon 100 g
Ginger root 200 g
Natural honey 120 g
Granulated sugar 50 g
Water 3 l

Peel and grate the ginger root.
2. Pour 1 liter of water into a saucepan and add grated ginger.
3. Squeeze the juice out of the lemons (you can do this using a juicer or manually).
4. Finely chop the skins of the lemons and add to the saucepan.
5. Add 2 tbsp. sugar and bring to a boil. Strain the hot concentrate and leave to cool.
6. Add honey and lemon juice to the cooled concentrate.
7. Dilute the concentrate with 2 liters of cold boiled water
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Banana tenderness smoothie

2 glasses of kefir 1%
1 banana
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon honey

It is better to take kefir of low fat content (for those who follow the figure).
Finely chop the banana. Add lemon juice. Beat everything in a blender for about 3-5 minutes. Pour into glasses, decorate if desired. Eat with a spoon or drink through a straw.

For 100g. - about 65 kcal.
Makes 2 servings.

Lose Weight (Verle) Detox Water is the same water, but we just add something useful to it) In our case, citrus additives.

It turns out something like lemonade, but not sweet. All kinds of citruses are used: lemon, lime, grapefruit. And add a little mint, ginger, and also a cucumber)) Everything should be mixed well and a little heat. This is just one of those options worth pushing overnight. It is rich in vitamin C, antioxidants, perfectly refreshes and improves complexion. This drink also promotes the elimination of toxins and weight loss.
For convenience, I advise you to get a handy bottle so that you can not only carry it with you, but also let it brew a little. In general, in the preparation of detox water, this is one of the key points, so all the nutrients are transferred from your supplements into the water, and you drink already fortified water with a certain taste.

There can be a lot of options and combinations:
Strawberry-Basil
Lemon-Cucumber-Ginger
Cucumber-Melon-Mint
Lemon-Raspberry-Ginger
Pineapple-Lime-Mint
Grapefruit-Mint
Cherry Lime
Strawberry-Apple-Mint
Apple-Cinnamon
Watermelon-mint
Everything is limited only by your imagination and taste preferences. Experiment
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Oat smoothie with dried fruits (100 g - 154 kcal)
Ingredients

dried apricots - ½ cup
dark raisins - ½ cup
oat flakes - 3 tablespoons
honey - 1 tablespoon
milk - 2 glasses

Cooking method

Rinse dried apricots and raisins, pour 1 glass of hot water.
As dried apricots and raisins become soft, grind them with other ingredients in a blender until smooth.
Serve chilled.

Milk can be substituted with apple juice.

Lose weight (Verle) Mint lemonade, able to moderate appetite, drink before meals.

Save yourself!
Ingredients:

2-3 lemons
2.5 liters of water
1 small bunch of mint
0.5 cups sugar

Preparation:

Squeeze the juice out of the lemons through the citrus attachment.
Boil water with sugar, add lemon peel and mint, boil
5-7 minutes, then immerse the pan in a container with cold water and let
cool completely.
Remove the mint and lemon peels from the cooled syrup, strain the syrup in
jug, add squeezed lemon juice, stir, cool well. The drink turns out to be very tasty and refreshing, with a delicate mint aroma.
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Oatmeal Cherry Smoothie

Oatmeal flakes - 1, 5 tbsp. l.
Cherries - 150 g (you can use any berries or fruits to your taste)
Honey - 1-2 tbsp. l.
Milk - 120ml. (can be replaced with water)
Yogurt (natural) - 5 tbsp. l. (can be excluded from the recipe)
Cinnamon (to taste)

1. Heat the milk and pour it over the oatmeal. Let it brew for 10 minutes.
2. Put cherries, honey, yogurt, cereals in a blender. Beat until smooth.
3. Pour the mixture into glasses, refrigerate until thickened. Sprinkle with ground cinnamon before serving.

Recipe for 2 servings, per 100g. - 97kcal.

Lose Weight (Verle) Refreshing citrus smoothie.

Enjoy this delicious, healthy and super refreshing drink!

Ingredients:
2 oranges
2 tangerines
4 bananas
1 lemon
1 lime
¼ glass of milk
Ice

Peel the fruit and chop it in a blender with milk and ice until smooth.
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Healthy breakfast with granola and smoothie
24 kcal per 100 g

Ingredients:

2 ripe bananas, peeled, chopped and frozen
1 cup frozen mango chunks
1/4 cup orange juice
6 large strawberries
1/4 cup strawberry Greek yogurt
1/4 cup milk
granola

Preparation:

Whisk the banana, mango and orange juice in a blender. Add a little more juice if the mixture is too thick. Place in the first layer in 2 glasses or bowls. Lay a layer of granola on top.
In a clean blender, whisk 1 banana, strawberry, yogurt, and milk together. Lay this fruit layer on top of the granola. Sprinkle with granola on top and serve.

Lose Weight (Verle) Raspberry - Banana Smoothie
60 kcal per 100 g

Ingredients:
Fresh or frozen raspberries - 150g
Banana - 1pc
Milk - 100g
Ground cinnamon - to taste

Preparation:
Beat all ingredients except cinnamon with a blender until a thick, homogeneous consistency is obtained. Pour into a glass, sprinkle with cinnamon on top.
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Spinach and Strawberry Smoothie
33 kcal per 100 g

Ingredients:
4 bunches of spinach
2 bananas
half teaspoon grated ginger
100 g strawberries
a glass of mineral water

Preparation:
Wash the spinach and strawberries. Whisk the spinach in a blender with water. Then add strawberries, banana and ginger and beat again until smooth. You can also add a teaspoon of honey if desired.

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How to squeeze a lemon? | Topic author: Anatoly

I really can't squeeze lemons

Denis Clean it, press it in a juicer)

Yaroslav) pour over the lemon with boiling water. There will be more juice. If not a citrus juicer, cut the lemon in half and use a spoon to pick and squeeze.

Andrey Instruction
1

The easiest way to get lemon juice is to use a juicer. Citrus fruits are very soft fruits, so they can be processed in any juicer. Rinse the lemon and cut it in half. Most often, juicers and food processors allow you to leave the skin on the fruit. Place the lemon slices one by one in the juicing device and follow the instructions. You may need to squeeze the juice with your hands; if you are using an electrical technique, it will do the job for you. If necessary, strain the resulting juice through a sieve or a clean gauze cloth to clear it of pulp or seeds.
2

If you don't have a juicer on hand or need a little lemon juice, use cutlery. Rinse the lemon and cut it in half, keeping the skin intact. Insert a teaspoon into the center of one half so that it cuts through the flesh. Lift the fruit over the cup. Hold the spoon inside the lemon and squeeze the rind with your hands. When almost all the juice has drained into the bowl and it becomes difficult to squeeze the lemon, start rotating the spoon inside the half of the lemon, while squeezing the rind with your free hand.
3

Peel the lemon and cut it into 2 or 4 pieces. Place lemon wedges in a deep cup and squeeze with a fork. Of course, some of the juice will remain in the pulp, but you can extract most of the acidic liquid from the fruit.
4

Lemon juice is squeezed out much easier after heat treatment of the fruit. Place the lemon in boiling water for 2 minutes and then refrigerate. After that, use any method of juicing. You will need much less time to squeeze out, while the juice will not lose its beneficial properties.
5

Peel the lemon and cut it into small pieces. Wrap the lemon wedges in cheesecloth or a pharmacy bandage. Roll the cloth over the juice cup.

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Lemon juice is widely used in cooking. It is used in sweet pastries, refreshments, marinades and sauces for meat dishes, and many other recipes.

In addition to its pleasant taste, this citrus fruit is rich in vitamins and is very healthy.

How to squeeze a lemon with a juicer

You can get lemon juice in a variety of ways. But it is not always possible to squeeze out the fruit completely, and part of the juice remains in the pulp.

You can squeeze the juice out of a lemon using a juicer or using improvised means.

Juicers can be manual or electric. If the question is how to quickly squeeze juice from a lemon, then modern devices with good power are able to process the whole lemon, along with the peel, in the shortest time. The resulting juice is usually strained to get rid of the pulp, remnants of the peel or seeds. One medium-sized lemon makes about 50-60 ml of juice.

A manual juicer will take more time and effort.

When used correctly, you can get almost the same amount of lemon juice.

How to get lemon juice without a juicer

How to squeeze lemon juice if you don't have a juicer at hand? You can use other methods.

• The easiest way is to cut the fruit in half, then squeeze the juice out of each half in turn. In this case, you can simultaneously knead the pulp with a convenient cutlery (for example, a fork).
• You can cut the lemon into small pieces, place it in a piece of gauze of sufficient size and squeeze the juice out of the lemon as in the first method. But in this case, it will take an effort to get more product.
• A not very common, but very effective method is to heat the lemon. It must be held in hot water for a while (about 1 minute). Or place it in the microwave for 15-20 seconds, after making several punctures in the fetus. After this preparation, you can squeeze the lemon juice as described above. Thanks to heat treatment, the fruit will give the juice completely.

• You can peel the citrus, cut it into 4-6 pieces (depending on size), place in a bowl and knead with a fork. This method does not always help to obtain a large amount of juice. It can be used if the recipe involves using fruit pulp along with juice.

The process of obtaining juice is not difficult for any housewife. But a few tips will help make it faster and easier:

• Lemons should always be washed thoroughly under running water. This does not depend on whether it will be used with or without the peel.

• Before squeezing the juice, it is recommended to knead the fruit with your hands for a few seconds or roll it on the table, pressing it tightly with your palm. This is necessary so that the membranes in which the juice is located burst under the pressure of the hands. After such manipulations, the fruit will give the juice completely.
• Heat treatment also helps release the juice from the membranes. Only in this case it is due to the temperature rise, and not due to mechanical stress.
• If you need very little juice, then it is not necessary to use the whole lemon. It is enough to make a puncture in it with a skewer or knitting needle. Then you can squeeze out the required amount of juice. And store the lemon in the refrigerator until the next use.

Knowing how to squeeze more juice from a lemon, all that remains is to acquire juicy ripe fruits.

• A ripe fruit can be easily distinguished from an unripe lemon by its peel. In ripe citrus, it has a shine. In this case, the color of the peel does not matter.

• The density of the fruit also speaks to its properties. A ripe lemon should bounce slightly when pressed, without losing its shape and remaining firm.
• If the lemon is soft, then it is overripe. Such a fruit loses all its taste and medicinal properties. It is not recommended to purchase it.
• First-crop lemons are often smooth-skinned. These fruits have more vitamins and benefits.
• Lemon's bumpy rind tends to be very thick. The fruit will weigh a lot, but there will be little pulp and juice in it.
• The peel should be free of stains or damage.

If an unripe fruit was accidentally purchased, it should be set aside and after a while, when the lemon is ripe, you can use it.

Lemon juice is a valuable natural product for regulating the acidity of various dishes. You can use citric acid or vinegar, but adding fresh juice to food will be much healthier and tastier. It is good in vegetable salads and fruit cuts, in sauces and in homemade mayonnaise, in various drinks and fruit drinks, in icings and baked goods.

Often there is such a situation that very little juice is extracted from a large fruit, literally 1.5-2 tablespoons. Let's talk about how to make the process easier at home and make it many times more effective even without a juicer.

How to squeeze out more product by hand?

Turns out, getting enough lemon juice at home is a snap... The main thing is to properly prepare the lemon. And this can be done using different methods.

Warm up to room temperature

Storing citrus fruits in the refrigerator is convenient and familiar. It often happens that, when starting to prepare a dish, the hostess takes the food straight from the refrigerator, prepares what is called "from under the knife."

In the case of citrus salad dressing, it's best to be more careful and get the fruit out of the fridge and into the room beforehand.

The fact is that at higher temperatures, the lemon pulp becomes softer, and the cell membranes, which contain the desired juice, are more pliable.

Dip in a bowl of hot water

As the temperature rises, the flesh of the fruit becomes softer and softer.... If you want an even more visible result, then dip the lemon in a bowl of very warm water. There is no need to boil the water; it is enough to fill the container with hot water from the tap.

The water must first be drained so that its temperature is higher. Use a heated and slightly cooled teapot for this purpose. The optimum water temperature is 60-70 degrees, so that a lowered finger can stay in it for several seconds. Do not overheat the fetus. Heating can affect the taste and quality of the juice. We want to get as much as possible not only tasty, but also healthy product at the output.

Warm up in the microwave

It's great if you have a microwave. Put the lemon in it for just 30 seconds and you will quickly have a fruit ready to squeeze. It is better to put the fruit in the microwave oven whole so that the valuable juice does not leak out., but stayed inside. Its surface should become warm, but you should not overheat the fruit.

The principle of operation of a microwave oven is the same - the fruit heats up under the influence of microwave radiation, and its cell membranes soften. The juice will flow much more easily when squeezed out.

Freeze before placing in the microwave

There is another more laborious, but much more effective trick to get citrus juice. If you know in advance that you will need a lot of lemon juice, for example, to make several glasses of a drink, then you can send the lemon to the freezer.

Lemon juice is liquid. Any liquid under strong cooling, that is, when passing into a solid state, tends to expand. When the cell sap expands, the cell membranes are damaged and torn. That's why, after defrosting, the juice actively flows out of the fruit.

Frozen lemons are hard, so thaw them beforehand to soften. The most convenient and fastest way to do this is to use a microwave. Frozen fruits must be thawed first. To do this, there is a special program in the microwave oven, and then turn on the heating for a short time. Heating is needed so that the pulp shells that survived after freezing soften and give off juice.

Roll around the table before cutting

The most affordable trick of all - it "works" even with cold fruits. It will be indispensable when there is no time to wait for them to heat up, but the juice is needed now.

1. Take a lemon, put it on a flat surface of the table, press down with the entire plane of your palm and start rolling intensively. Soon, you will notice that the fruit has softened. Everything!
2. Now let's cut and extrude.

With a heated lemon, the manipulation will be a little easier., but the effect will please you even if the fruit is from the refrigerator.

We offer you to watch a video on how to squeeze lemon juice after rolling it out on a board:

Cut along, not across

This advice is an addition to the previous ones. To get the juice, you have to split the lemon... Often it is cut across, so it is more beautiful when you need a lemon for tea. But the juice is squeezed out better when the fruit is divided in length. This is due to the fact that the area of ​​the bare pulp becomes larger, so the juice comes out better. In this case, the amount of squeezed out content should be increased by 2-3 times.

How to replace an electric juicer?

How else to quickly squeeze lemon juice?

1. Arm yourself with a fork... If you do not have a juicer, then a pitchfork can work according to its principle. Insert the teeth of a fork into the pulp of the lemon cut along the length and scroll with effort, then squeeze the fruit. This procedure must be repeated several times until the juice stops flowing. The tines of the fork will damage the cell walls and help the juice flow out.
2. Use a manual citrus juicer... To do this, the fruit must be cut in half across. Place each half on the press with the pulp down and press firmly, rolling it slightly on the press. The cell membranes will be damaged from mechanical action, and juice will flow out of the lemon.

How not to get your hands dirty?

And now the most original and beautiful way to get fresh juice. It is specially created for those who wish to preserve their manicure or have delicate skin on their hands. Lemon juice is quite aggressive and, when squeezed out, stings the delicate skin and damages the coating of the nails. To prevent this from happening, use the following method.

You will need:

• sprayer;
• wooden skewer;
• scissors and lemon.

It is desirable that the lemon is softer.

1. Cut the sprayer tube to the required length. Focus on the size of the lemon.
2. Use a skewer to pierce the lemon at the base.
3. We insert the sprayer.
4. Now you can sprinkle the salad beautifully and without hassle without getting your hands dirty.

How many grams of the product are in one fruit and half of it?

Of course, all the juice cannot be squeezed out. Use our tips, and you will increase the effectiveness of this procedure, and you will get more juice than just trying to get it without using various tricks.

Fruits are different in weight and juiciness. A fresh medium-sized fruit yields about 50-70 ml. juice... This is about 3-4 tablespoons. Accordingly, half a lemon will make 1.5-2 tablespoons.

From this article, you learned many tricks on how to properly extract lemon juice, from the simplest to the more complex and creative. In order to use the healthy citrus fruit as efficiently as possible, it is highly desirable to use several methods at once or choose one, the most effective one.

Now you know how to get as much lemon juice as you need with a minimum of effort.

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The juice obtained from fresh fruits is used not only in the world of culinary, but also for cosmetic purposes. Often lemon fresh is introduced into various masks designed to improve the condition of the skin or hair. Fragrant slices are added to tea, and the juice itself is introduced into various colored cocktails as a means to separate the layers. What can we say about baked goods, which, thanks to this product, acquire a slight sourness. Each person, when receiving juice, tries to squeeze the maximum out of the citrus. We will look at how this can be done today.

Method 1

1. If citrus fruits were previously placed in the refrigerator in the fruit and vegetable compartment, remove them and leave them warm in the kitchen. When the fruits are at a temperature not lower than room temperature, it is easier to extract juice from these specimens than from those that have been cooled for a long time.
2. It's all about the low temperature: it only promotes the hardening of the walls in the citrus cavity, which do not allow the juice to come out in sufficient quantities. When the fruit lies down a bit, you can start the classic extrusion in the way you are used to doing it.
3. If there is no time to wait, then pour heated water into a deep bowl, but not boiling water. Dip the fruit into the liquid, let it warm up. The water will cool quickly, so replace it with fresh water. It is enough to hold the fruit for about 3-10 minutes, then start squeezing. The juice will come out in much larger quantities.

Method 2

Method 3

1. Before cutting the citrus fruit, roll it well on a hard surface. Take the fruit and start rolling it back and forth. Press down on it with such force that the shape of the lemon is slightly deformed. Avoid crushing the fruit.
2. A similar procedure is carried out with the aim of breaking the walls in the pulp of the fruit. As a result, the juice will be much easier to squeeze out. After the correct procedure, the lemon should be cut. Just do it not across, but along the length.
3. If you cut the fruit in this way from the tail to the top, you will end up with 3 times more fresh juice. If you do this with a medium-sized lemon, just cutting it across will end up with about 40 ml. juice.
4. Do not forget that the larger the surface, the more it exposes the pulp. It is in the dense layer of pulp that most fresh juice can be found. Therefore, if the pulp is visible almost entirely, the losses of fresh juice will be much less.

Method 4

In fact, squeezing citrus fruit juice is not as difficult as it might seem at first glance. To get the maximum amount of fresh juice, learn each method. Try each of them as an experiment. Then pick one and use it constantly.

Juicing lemon or lime is not difficult at all, but if you want to get the most out of your citrus fruits while saving your money, here are some tips.

Roll the lemon out on the counter before juicing.

This is a classic method in which the citrus is rolled out on a hard table before juice is squeezed out, breaking the membranes around the fruit's shell that contain the juice. If you are going to squeeze a lemon with your own hands, and you have no other tools than a knife, then this is the fastest way.

Heat the lemon in the microwave for a few seconds before juicing.

This method suggests putting the lemon in the microwave for 10 seconds before juicing and you will see a result that looks very convincing. The process is similar to rolling fruit, because the pulp juice molecules are excited in the microwave oven, and the effect is the same as in the first method.

One explanation for this is that the water molecules, when placed in the microwave, under the influence of energy rupture the membranes around the shell that contain the juice, which makes the fruit juicier when you cut it. Another and possibly more likely explanation is that the energy of the excited water molecules makes the membranes and skin of the fetus softer and easier to break when you cut it before pressing.

Freeze citrus and then microwave

The rationale behind this method is that when the water freezes and turns into ice, it will expand and rupture the membranes, or at least make them fragile enough that the membranes can easily break when you put the fetus in the microwave. This method takes a little longer as you freeze the lemon completely and then microwave it for 30-60 seconds until it is soft enough to squeeze the maximum amount of juice out of it.

Just buy a juicer

There are many tricks, small and large, but there is a point where you have to stop and just buy the right tool for the job. A good manual juicer will set you back around $ 20 on Amazon, but you can find even cheaper by buying the less popular model if you want. In any case, you can easily cut a lemon and squeeze it out with a juicer every day.

The juice obtained from fresh fruits is used not only in the world of culinary, but also for cosmetic purposes. Often lemon fresh is introduced into various masks designed to improve the condition of the skin or hair. Fragrant slices are added to tea, and the juice itself is introduced into various colored cocktails as a means to separate the layers. What can we say about baked goods, which, thanks to this product, acquire a slight sourness. Each person, when receiving juice, tries to squeeze the maximum out of the citrus. We will look at how this can be done today.

Method 1

1. If citrus fruits were previously placed in the refrigerator in the fruit and vegetable compartment, remove them and leave them warm in the kitchen. When the fruits are at a temperature not lower than room temperature, it is easier to extract juice from these specimens than from those that have been cooled for a long time.
2. It's all about the low temperature: it only promotes the hardening of the walls in the citrus cavity, which do not allow the juice to come out in sufficient quantities. When the fruit lies down a bit, you can start the classic extrusion in the way you are used to doing it.
3. If there is no time to wait, then pour heated water into a deep bowl, but not boiling water. Dip the fruit into the liquid, let it warm up. The water will cool quickly, so replace it with fresh water. It is enough to hold the fruit for about 3-10 minutes, then start squeezing. The juice will come out in much larger quantities.

Method 2

1. This technology is often used by professional culinary professionals around the world. The bottom line is that citrus must first be sent to the freezer, and then heated sharply through the microwave. When the contents inside the fruit are frozen, it will automatically increase in volume. Against this background, the formed ice breaks the membranes, the juice later comes out more easily.
2. When you hold the fruit in the freezer, it will harden and cannot be crushed. Send the product into the microwave for literally 45 seconds, it all depends on the power of the device. Then arm yourself with a sharp knife, chop the citrus and squeeze the contents out of it.
3. If there is no desire to experiment, freeze and then thaw the fruit, then do otherwise. To increase the amount of final juice by 30% or more, send citrus to the microwave without pre-conditioning it in the cold. Set it for about 15 seconds. You need to achieve warming of the peel. After the timer beeps, remove the fruit and try to squeeze out the liquid.

Method 3

1. Before cutting the citrus fruit, roll it well on a hard surface. Take the fruit and start rolling it back and forth. Press down on it with such force that the shape of the lemon is slightly deformed. Avoid crushing the fruit.
2. A similar procedure is carried out with the aim of breaking the walls in the pulp of the fruit. As a result, the juice will be much easier to squeeze out. After the correct procedure, the lemon should be cut. Just do it not across, but along the length.
3. If you cut the fruit in this way from the tail to the top, you will end up with 3 times more fresh juice. If you do this with a medium-sized lemon, just cutting it across will end up with about 40 ml. juice.
4. Do not forget that the larger the surface, the more it exposes the pulp. It is in the dense layer of pulp that most fresh juice can be found. Therefore, if the pulp is visible almost entirely, the losses of fresh juice will be much less.

Method 4

1. You can also try to squeeze citrus juice with a regular table fork. Once you cut the fruit in two, you need to stick the prongs of the cutlery into the pulp. Next, try to squeeze the fresh out in the way you are used to.
2. As soon as you notice that the juice starts to flow with less force, turn the fork and repeat the pressure. Repeat these steps until the lemon is completely depleted. Do the same with the other citrus half.
3. This method is very similar to how a manual lemon juicer works. Due to the sharp teeth and pressure from your side, the membranes are pierced. As a result of such simple actions, much more juice flows out.

In fact, squeezing citrus fruit juice is not as difficult as it might seem at first glance. To get the maximum amount of fresh juice, learn each method. Try each of them as an experiment. Then pick one and use it constantly.

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