How should I thaw frozen limeade and orange juice concentrate?!
I am waking up at 7am tomorrow morning to make the food. Is juice concentrate something you put on the counter to thaw, or something you put in the fridge to thaw? I'm just not sure about what the best way is to go about making the punch! Thanks!
Answers: I am making a Mardi Gras punch for the Super Bowl tomorrow and the directions say "Thaw limeade and orange concentrate. Stir in apple cider, 7-up, and gingerale. Chill. Just before serving, add scoops of sherbert.
I am waking up at 7am tomorrow morning to make the food. Is juice concentrate something you put on the counter to thaw, or something you put in the fridge to thaw? I'm just not sure about what the best way is to go about making the punch! Thanks!
Put it in the fridge overnight and take it out in the morning. It will be fine. Have fun.
I usually put the can in a large cup or bowl in the sink and run hot water over it for a few minutes, then it's good to go.
boil it
just leave it out on the counter
...Read the package? Keep it cool and thaw it in the refrigerator.
Sounds good. I think in fridge will be fine. It sounds lot like one I do for Xmas and is good. I add just few cubes ice in bowl also. You will ned a ladel dipper.
First, there generally won't be a problem with leaving out orange juice or limeade because they contain a lot of acid .
If you have time, defrosting concentrates in the frig overnight will leave them really cold which would be good... if you also put a large container of water in the frig (or even put the concentrate and water in the same container in the frig), then the juice will be nice and cold when you mix them together in the morning.
Herea are a couple of *quick* ways to defrost a can of juice concentrate though:
Remove the top metal lid, then put the full container of concentrate in the microwave and set to about one minute or so on high. The metal on the bottom of the cardboard container won't be a problem, and a lot of the concentrate will end up liquid or very soft. Then mix in all the water and stir.
The other way is to put the concentrate into a larger container, then add just a *small* amount of water and mix it up briskly and firmly with a big spoon or spatula... then add a bit more water and stir that amount in. After you've done that a few times, the concentrate will be a thick liquid and you can easily mix it with the rest of the water.
(The only problem with the microwave method is that the resulting juice won't be quite as cold as it would have been done another way.)
HTH,
Diane B.
if you really run out of time, put the frozen juice in the blender. it will chop it up- then leave it to warm up.
there you have it!
