I want to get juice from the mulberries I have picked, to make jelly with. Not jam or preserves, just cleear jelly.
But mulberries, like raspberries, black berries and other fruit have a LOT of seeds. Whats the best way to get their juice?
I’m considering simmering them in just enough water to cover, to soften them, then pressing through a sieve.
If anyone has had need to juice “seedy” fruit, can you give me pointers? Will my idea above work?
Wouldn’t cooking the berries change the flavor of the juice? But if you’re going to make jelly out of it, I guess that involves cooking it anyway.
you could press them in a sieve after you cook them.
there are juicing sieves which are sheet metal with a wooden pestle.
you could also take some large flat spoons, remove some solids with one spoon and press the juice out with another. between squishing, sieving and straining it will get done.
You want a food mill like on this page.
A China cap or chinois. The last time I saw this come up I discovered that they ain’t exactly cheap compared to a food mill.
A food mill is the better option, and it’s the best tool for making smooth, mashed, root vegetables* and great for purees, tomato sauce, baby food, etc.
Better mills come with interchangeable bottom plates with different sized holes. Large holes for, say, a raspberry or tomato puree with seeds, small holes for seedless. And no need to peel things like tomato or peppers!
CMC fnord!
Generally food mills don’t have small enough holes to prevent the teeny seeds from raspberries, etc. from passing through (personal experience). Either get a jelly strainer and bags, or get a food strainer with a berry screen. Be careful though, you will get berry juice splattering around your countertops.
I’m going to have to check out some of these gadgets linked to here.
I tried the method I mentioned in my OP. I got some juice/pulp, but it was a lot of work for not as much reward as I’d hope for. Messy too.
I think the jelly bag is most likely the best. I’ll look into that first.