Korean Pear Juice
Blend 1 cored Korean pear, cut into roughly 2 cm pieces, with 200 ml cold water on high for 50 seconds to 1 minute, until no visible grains remain. Strain through a fine mesh strainer and press the pulp lightly, because forcing it makes the juice cloudy and gritty. Stir in 1 tbsp lemon juice and 1/2 tsp ginger juice, taste, and add up to 1 tbsp honey as needed, since a ripe pear may already be sweet enough.
Quick answer
- Active time
- 10 min
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- Level
- Easy
- Servings
- 2 servings
- Ingredients
- 6
About this dish
Korean pear is full of water and barely acidic; blended with cold water and strained, it makes a pale, mild juice.
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Pressing the pulp hard in the strainer clouds it, and the spoon is used only lightly. A little lemon and ginger juice leave a faint ginger bite at the end, and a sweet enough pear needs no honey.
Ingredients
Instructions
- 1
Wash 1 Korean pear well, then either peel it or leave the skin on if preferred.
Remove the core completely and cut the fruit into roughly 2 cm pieces so the blender can process it evenly.
- 2
The basic 10-minute preparation excludes soaking.
You can blend the cut pear straight away. If you choose the cold-water soak for color, allow an additional 20 minutes, then drain before blending.
- 3
Put the pear pieces and 200 ml cold water into the blender.
Blend on high for 50 seconds to 1 minute, stopping when no visible grains remain and the liquid looks evenly cloudy and smooth.
- 4
Pour the blended pear slowly through a fine mesh strainer or cheesecloth into a clean pitcher.
Press the pulp lightly with a spoon, but avoid forcing it hard or the juice can become cloudy and gritty.
- 5
Stir 1 tablespoon lemon juice and 0.5 teaspoon ginger juice into the strained juice first.
Taste it, then add up to 1 tablespoon honey only as needed, since a ripe Korean pear may already be sweet enough.
- 6
Divide 1 cup ice between two glasses and pour in the juice.
Stir and serve immediately. Refrigerate any remaining juice and stir again if it separates.
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