How to make pineapple juice at home

Pineapple juice recipe: how to make pineapple juice at home

Pineapple juice is amazingly sweet, refreshing, healthy and good for everyone, it is a cool drink to serve during summer or a sunny day. You can make your homemade pineapple juice simple by using just your fresh ripe pineapple chunks and maybe a little sugar if you must add that.

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Picking the right pineapple is even very easy for some people; when Im shopping for this delicious fruit, I just make sure I go for the ones with golden yellow or brown skin, in this case, I will be buying very ripe and sweet pineapple fruits. Some pineapples could be naturally sweet and may not even need sugar at all especially if it is to be served to kids, this is why I love to go for the very ripe ones. However, when choosing your pineapple fruit avoid the ones with green skin or dark brown skin, these type of pineapples are not ripe or they are simply not matured.

Pineapple juice is best made at home because most of the fibre will retained compared to already made pineapple juice where the fibre is removed and what you are mostly left with is the plain fruit sugar. I love homemade pineapple drink because after drinking just a glass of it you feel very full and this can prevent you from over eating.

Pineapple juice is made using blender or juice extractor. If you like your pineapple juice very chill, you can dice the pineapple and place in the fridge for few hours before blending it or you can blend the pineapple first before placing the juice in the fridge to cool and serve later. However, pineapple juice is a healthy drink and it is good for you because it contains, magnesium, calcium, potassium, vitamin C, B and thiamine which help a lot in the productionenergy and blood circulation.

I made this easy and refreshing pineapple drink today and I think you can make it yourself at home, below are the steps to guide you and you can also watch the video above on how to make pineapple juice in few minutes.

Pineapple juice ingredients

• 1 medium sized ripe pineapple
• 1-2 tablespoons of sugar, optional
• glass of water

Ripe pineapple for pineapple juice

Steps on how to make pineapple juice

1. Rinse your ripe pineapple under running water to get rid of sand or dust.
2. Place the pineapple on chopping board and use a sharp knife to peel off the skin.
3. Dice the peeled pineapple into smaller cubes and bring them into a blender.
4. Add some sugar if you wish and little water to help it blend.
5. Blend the pineapple into a smooth consistency and strain out the juice using a fine strainer.
6. Place the pineapple juice into a serving glass and drink immediately, you can pour the juice into a jar and place in the fridge to chill before drinking if you want it cooled.

How to make pineapple juice with pictures

1. Rinse your ripe pineapple under running water to get rid of sand or dust.

2. Place the pineapple on chopping board and use a sharp knife to peel off the skin.

3. Dice the peeled pineapple into smaller cubes and bring them into a blender.

Blending of pineapple chunks

4. Add some sugar if you wish and little water to help it blend.

I love to strain out the pulp after blending but you can serve the pineapple juice with the pulp if you are comfortable with it

5. Blend the pineapple into a smooth consistency and strain out the juice using a fine strainer.

This is what it looks like after straining

And here is the pulp which is to be discarded

6. Place the pineapple juice into a serving glass and drink immediately, you can pour the juice into a jar and place in the fridge to chill before drinking if you want it cooled.

Pineapple juice is best served chilled

Pineapple juice is best served chilled

Pineapple juice recipe