Rhubarb Juice with Ginger, Orange & Apple

This freshly pressed Rhubarb Juice with Ginger, Orange and Apple is a vibrant and tasty drink to that is sure to wake up your taste buds. Expect a bounty of tart fruit flavours with the gentle warmth of ginger spice. 

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It is easy to pick up a carton of juice from the supermarket. Easy and convenient. I'll openly confess that most of the time, this is exactly how my household rolls. But at the weekend, when we stop to catch our breath, it's nice to take a break from the endless rounds of water, milk, tea, coffee and ready-to-pour juices that make up our weekday liquid intake.

I'm a total sucker for hot chocolates and usually welcome my girls home with one on a Friday evening whilst debating which cocktail creation might impress the adults later on. I think I find a treat drink one of the most comforting things in the world. 

However, I also relish serving up more unusual healthy drinks and juice concoctions to brighten up my family's day.

This has got a whole lot easier since Christmas Day when I unwrapped a new juicer. I may have got a little excited when I saw it.

Since Christmas, I have been experimenting at the weekends and serving up some ultra fresh, incredibly healthy libations. My favourite so far is this Forced Rhubarb Juice with Ginger, Orange and Apple. 

Forced rhubarb has a short season, so when it appeared in my local supermarket just a few weeks ago I couldn't resist buying a stack of it immediately for a photography project I'd been planning. Photos captured, it was a quick deliberation as to what to do with my cut up pieces of rhubarb. Yup, they were destined for the juicer. 

Childhood memories of picking rhubarb stalks fresh from the garden and dipping them into sugar before scoffing chunks down reminded me how sharp this vegetable is. So I knew I needed to soften that sharpness in order to enjoy its flavour in juice form. I began to experiment by adding some orange into the mix. After all, rhubarb and orange are a classic pairing of flavours. Wanting to provide a wintery nutritional boost, a good amount of ginger bolstered the flavour nicely. Finally, since I'm not hugely in favour of anything too strong in the orange juice department, I decided to tone down the citrus element of the drink by adding in some sweet and crisp apples.

After a few rounds of juicing, I got a blend of Rhubarb Juice with Ginger, Orange and Apple that embraces the tangy and tart rhubarb flavour whilst also managing to be sweet and gingery. This drink is lively and vibrant and it a real celebration of wintery flavours.

I apologise to anybody hoping to make this Rhubarb Juice who does not yet own a juicer. I'm afraid that you will struggle without one. The good news is that there are plenty of affordable juicing machines available these days. My husband bought me this Aicok Juicer which has proved to be:

• easy to use
• robust enough to handle a variety of fruits and vegetables (even raw beetroot)
• and simple to clean (parts can even be loaded into the dishwasher).

All in all, it seems like a good budget purchase. I suggest you put one on your wishlist... if only so that you too can enjoy this Rhubarb Juice with Ginger, Orange & Apple.

If you are looking for an interesting juice to try that does not require a juicer, try these:

• Apple, Fig, Blackcurrant Pear & Carrot Juice
• Apple, Lemon & Mint Cooler
• Pineapple, Apple & Ginger Juice with Lime & Mint
• Refreshing Salted Watermelon Mint Cooler

Rhubarb Juice with Ginger, Orange & Apple

Jane Saunders

This freshly pressed Rhubarb Juice with Ginger, Orange and Apple is a vibrant and tasty drink to that is sure to wake up your taste buds. Expect a bounty of tart fruit flavours with the gentle warmth of ginger spice. 

5 from 2 votes

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Course: Drink - non-alcoholic

Cuisine: British

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 0 minutes

Total Time: 10 minutes

Servings: 4 Servings

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Ingredients

• ▢ 250 g/ 9 oz Forced rhubarb (fresh, not frozen)
• ▢ 30 g/ 1 oz Fresh ginger
• ▢ 3 Large oranges
• ▢ 3 Large apples (I used Pink Lady)

Instructions

• Chop the rhubarb
• Peel & chop the ginger roughly
• Peel the orange and remove the pith. Chop in half and remove any obvious seeds
• Quarter the apples, removing any stalks as necessary
• Juice all ingredients in your juicing machine
• Stir briefly and enjoy straight away (see notes)

Notes

This juice is intended to be enjoyed fresh and it does not store well - 2 hours in the fridge is the top limit. The flavour does deteriorate if left for too long. 

If the juice separates as it settles, just give it a good stir to reblend the various juices.

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