Carambola Juice Recipes

STAR FRUIT JAM

Steps:

• Trim the winged edges from the carambola fruit and place in a saucepan.
• Add water and boil until tender[approx 15 minutes].
• Add the sugar, lemon juice and salt and boil until the jam sets.
• Pour into sterilsed jars and seal.

HOW TO FREEZE CARAMBOLA JUICE

Steps:

• Buy or pick carambola or star fruit that is ripe. The riper the fruit the sweeter the juice.
• Store-bought star fruit: Wash and scrub the fruit under cold water.
• Freshly picked start fruit: Wash and gently scrub any dirt or insects from the fresh fruit.
• Prepare the fruit: Trim the edges off the fruit and any brown or bruised areas. Slice the start fruit into star-shaped slices vertically. Use the tip of a paring knife to remove all the seeds.
• Slice each trimmed carambola fruit into star shapes. Use the tip of your knife to pop the seeds out of each slice.
• Place the sliced carambola into a blender or food processor. Process the carambola pieces about one minute in the blender until the pulp is liquefied.
• Pour the thick carambola juice through a fine-mesh strainer placed over a spouted bowl or spouted measuring cup to help prevent drips. Use the back of a spoon to mash the pulp to extract all of the juice from the pulp.
• Place two ice cube trays of a silicone egg bite mold on a flat surface. Fill each well with the carambola juice leaving about 1/2 an inch headspace. Freeze overnight.
• Once frozen flip the mold or ice cube tray over on a plate or a cookie sheet. After a few minutes, the juice will begin to melt and slip from the mold.
• Place the frozen cubes of juice in freezer bags and place them in the freezer until needed.
• Three large star fruit will yield about three cups of carambola slices.

CARAMBOLA ICED TEA COOLER RECIPE

Steps:

• Bring the three cups of water to a boil in a medium pot. Drop the black tea bags into the boiling water and boil for 2 minutes.
• Remove the pot from the burner and steep for 5 minutes.
• Remove the tea bags from the pot after 5 minutes and stir the sugar (if using) into the hot tea until dissolved. Allow the tea to cool to room temperature. Refrigerate it to speed up the cooling process if needed.
• While the black tea is cooling trim the edged off the star fruit points if it is green or bruised.
• Slice each trimmed carambola into star shapes. Use the tip of your knife to pop the seeds out of each slice. Three large starfruit will give you about three cups of carambola slices.
• Place the sliced carambola into a blender or food processor. Process the carambola slices about one minute in the blender until the pulp is liquefied.
• Pour the thick carambola juice through a fine mesh strainer placed over a bowl.
• Strain all the juice from the pulp.
• Fill a large pitcher with ice. Pour the strained carambola juice into the pitcher. Fill the pitcher with the black tea. Stir and serve over ice.
• Serve over ice and garnish the glass with slices of star fruit.

CARAMBOLA JUICE

Steps:

• Remove any green bits off the star fruit.
• Roughly chop.
• Add star fruit, lime juice and water into blender and liquidise.
• Add sugar if wanted and quickly blend again to mix.
• Some people prefer this strained.
• I personally like the fruit in my juice.
• Chill.

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