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Tropical Fruit => Tropical Fruit Discussion => Topic started by: vall on December 01, 2021, 05:06:23 PM

Title: Processing butia/jelly palm juice
Post by: vall on December 01, 2021, 05:06:23 PM

This year I ended up with 13 lb of jelly palm fruit. I froze it, then thawed and tossed in the food processor to make seed removal easy (last year with a smaller crop I used a knife to peel off flesh). Followed https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/can_07/butia_palm_jelly_powder.html (https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/can_07/butia_palm_jelly_powder.html) just for the juice part, but I repeatedly kept having to strain out pureed pulp that settled to the bottom.

Any easier way to process given the large seed? Do any juicers work? It crossed my mind an apple press on the food processed pulp might work.

Title: Re: Processing butia/jelly palm juice
Post by: CarolinaZone on December 01, 2021, 06:14:42 PM

Not easier but what I use is a food mill. That doesn't break up the seed like a food processor.

Title: Re: Processing butia/jelly palm juice
Post by: Galatians522 on December 01, 2021, 10:04:42 PM

I wonder if you could juice them in a steam juicer without removing the seed.