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Homemade «Fanta» from zucchini juice with orange and lemon
In zucchini season, make homemade «Fanta» from zucchini juice with orange and lemon and you won't regret it. Zucchini juice itself has a neutral taste, but the added orange and lemon juice with zest give the juice a citrus aroma. This unusual, bright, and fragrant juice will brighten up gloomy winter days. The taste of the drink is simply delightful. Since the taste of the drink resembles «Fanta», children love it very much.
Preparation time: 30 minutes.
Ingredients
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Products for making homemade «Fanta»:
- zucchini - 1.2 kg;
- orange - 1 pc. (200 g);
- lemon - 1 pc. (60 g);
- sugar - 90 g.
Preparation
- Necessary ingredients for making homemade «Fanta» for the winter from zucchini juice with orange and lemon.
- For this recipe, I buy young, fresh, and firm zucchini. Such zucchini tend to be the juiciest. I wash the fruits under running water. After that, I cut off the stems from the vegetables. I do not peel the zucchini, as young zucchini have thin and tender skin. After cutting each zucchini in half, I chop the halves into pieces.
- I squeeze the juice. I got about 600 ml of zucchini juice.
- Now, using a kitchen sponge, I thoroughly wash the orange. I use a fine grater to remove the orange part of the zest from the orange. I try not to touch the white part of the peel; otherwise, the drink will be bitter.
- I also carefully wash the lemon on top. From this citrus, I also remove the thin colorful skin using a grater, avoiding the white part. Mixing the orange zest with the lemon zest in a bowl, I set the dish aside.
- I squeeze the juice from the orange and lemon.
- When all the ingredients are prepared, I put the zucchini juice with sugar on the fire. Stirring the juice with the sugar, I bring it to a boil.
- I add orange and lemon juices to the zucchini juice.
- In the boiling mixture of juices, I add the grated citrus zest. I cook the juice with the zest for 3-4 minutes, removing the foam that forms.
- I thoroughly wash the jars for preservation with warm water and dry mustard powder. Then, rinsing with running water, I sterilize the containers over steam. I pour the hot juice into the sterilized jars and tightly close the jars with boiled lids. I turn the jars upside down and wrap them in a blanket for 12 hours.
- The fresh drink does not yet have a pronounced orange aroma, but after infusing in the jars with citrus zest, it acquires the taste and aroma of «Fanta». The drink is concentrated, so before consumption, it will need to be diluted with plain or sparkling water.
