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Tomato Juice Recipe

Ripe tomatoes with celery, lemon, and optional hot sauce — a savory kitchen juice, not a canned blend.

Ingredients

• 6 ripe tomatoes, cored
• 2 celery stalks
• ½ lemon, peeled
• Pinch of salt
• Optional: dash hot sauce or ¼ cucumber

Steps

1. Wash produce; core tomatoes; peel lemon.
2. Juice tomatoes, celery, lemon, and cucumber if using.
3. Season with salt and optional hot sauce. Stir well.
4. Blender path: blend, then strain for a thinner juice texture.

Tomato Juice is a kitchen pour built around 6 ripe tomatoes, 2 celery stalks, ½ lemon. The goal is a glass you actually finish — balanced savory-green flavor, realistic 15-minute prep, and technique notes that match centrifugal / cold-press / blender setups — not a detox script. Soft fruit may prefer a blender-and-strain path when centrifugal screens pack dry.

Who this is for

Good for summer produce runs and short video-style batches. Less ideal if your only machine is a tiny citrus press and the recipe is root- or greens-heavy — match gear to the densest ingredient.

Produce picks and prep

Ripe, fragrant tomatoes. Fridge-cold out-of-season tomatoes juice watery and dull. Firm cucumbers with tight skins. Soft, seedy giants water the glass down. English or Persian types juice cleanly. Crisp, pale-green stalks beat limp grocery-bag celery. Trim leafy tops if they taste bitter in your machine.

Core if needed. Soft tomatoes may foam heavily — rest and skim. Salt is a kitchen seasoning, not a health claim. Trim ends. Leave peel on if organic and unwaxed; peel if the wax coat smells chemical. Wash grit from the ribs. Cut to chute length. Alternate with apple or cucumber so dry pulp does not pack the screen.

If fruit smells fermented or vegetables are slimy, compost them. Off produce makes off juice regardless of cold-press claims.

Technique by machine

Centrifugal juicers reward a steady rhythm. Push with the tamper, do not jam the chute, and finish with a firmer piece (apple, carrot, or cucumber) to clear soft pulp.

Cold-press shines when you juice slowly and rinse parts soon. Dried pulp is harder to clean than fresh pulp every time.

Blender route: blend with a small splash of cold water if needed, then strain through a nut-milk bag or fine mesh. Expect more foam and a slightly thicker body than juicer output.

Bundle leafy greens with cucumber or apple spears so centrifugal cutters catch them. Loose leaves alone mostly become wet air and bitter foam.

Flavor, foam, and yield fixes

Too acidic → carrot or apple. Too thin → less cucumber. Serve soon; tomato juice separates fast. Too bland → lemon, ginger, or apple. Too watery → less cucumber, more fruit. Chill hard for a crisper sip.

Taste before you “correct” with more produce. One lemon wedge or half apple often fixes a batch faster than doubling the loudest ingredient.

Target yield is 2 glasses; juicy summer produce can run slightly over, dry winter fruit slightly under.

Variations and related reading

Citrus-forward forks: more lemon/lime for sparkle, more orange for body. Greens forks: spinach for milder cups, kale for brassica bite, cucumber when you want hydration over leaf intensity.

Nearby recipes worth comparing: carrot celery juice, celery cucumber juice, cucumber juice.

This recipe also sits with celery juices for shopping-style browsing after you nail the base method.

Technique deep-dives that pair well here: how to juice tomatoes; best juicer for cucumber; how to juice celery.

Storage and cleanup

Drink the same day when you can — aroma drops fast. Sealed glass in the fridge for a short chill is fine; fill near the top, shake before pouring, and finish within about a day.

A brush dedicated to the mesh screen is worth more than most accessory kits. Dry parts before reassembly so the next batch does not start with old smells.

This page is kitchen method and flavor only — not medical advice, not a detox protocol, and not a disease treatment plan.

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