Orange Juice

[pamsabear]

Has anyone canned orange juice? It's fairly acidic, so I would image it could be done in a water bath canner.

The citrus is ripe in Florida!

Pam

[TEX]

Sure you can - Jackie Clay will tell you all about it - I haven't done it before but it sure seems simple

http://www.backwoodshome.com/advice/ajo070323.html

[gettinoutofdodge]

When I tried to can orange juice and orange segments, it came out really bitter -- not tasty at all. :shout:Bleh! Not sure what I did wrong. Wishing you much better luck with your oranges!
allison

[NCLee]

Pam,

How about some Spiced Orange Jelly?
http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/how/can_07/orange_jelly_spiced.html

Here's a good site for canning citrus fruit.
http://www.pickyourown.org/canningcitrus.php
Allison, is this the method that you used?

Pam, you may want to try canning just a couple of pints of pure, fresh orange juice. Then, wait about a week. Refrigerate, then try it. Suspect there's a reason why orange juice, by itself isn't listed with the National Center for Food Preservation or in the current Blue Book. If you like fresh orange juice, I suspect there's a big flavor change. Could be wrong, as I haven't tried to can it.

BTW, Jackie is using the BB procedure for canning grapefruit juice. Although the time for that is 15 minutes, instead of 20.

Hope this helps, a bit.
Lee

[annabella1]

If you are canning orange juice make sure you use a "juice type" orange. Navel oranges can be juiced but the juice will turn very bitter if it is not used promptly. valencias are one juice type I can think of off hand.