how to make orange juice

Freshly made orange juice contains several essential vitamins and minerals needed to promote good health and a balanced diet. Making your own juice with a few ripe oranges may provide better flavor and eliminate the added preservatives, sugars and water associated with store-bought products from concentrate. Juicing is an easy task that only takes a few minutes to complete.


Things You'll Need

    Oranges
    Cutting board
    Knife
    Hand juicer
    Suitable container


Instructions
        1. Allow the oranges to reach room temperature.

        2. Place an orange on a kitchen counter or table and roll it, using your hand while applying slight

             pressure. This will soften the fibers inside and prepare the orange for juicing.

        3  Place the orange on a cutting board and slice it in half, using a suitable knife. Remove any visible

            seeds from both halves.

        4  Place the hand juicer over a suitable container, with the domed side of the juicer facing up. Choose a

          container that fits the hand juicer to avoid a possible mess.

        5 Hold the juicer and container with one hand and place the cut end of one of the orange halves over the

          domed potion of the juicer.

        6 Rotate the orange back and forth while applying a fair amount of pressure to extract the juice. Squeeze

           the sides of the orange while rotating.

        7 Repeat the juice extraction process for the remaining orange half.

        8 Roll, cut and juice more oranges as necessary. Mix the pulp from the top side of the hand juicer in with

           the juice, if desired.

        9 Throw away the spent orange halves when finished.