Winter Citrus · For Thermomix Owners
Blood oranges are in season. Here is how to choose them, keep them fresh for weeks, and juice a whole bag in your Thermomix in minutes, plus a free cordial recipe.
If you own a Thermomix and blood oranges have started appearing at the market, this one is for you. The deep crimson flesh and that berry-meets-orange flavour make winter cooking feel a little bit special, and the colder our nights get, the redder and more dramatic they turn. They are only around for a short stretch, so this is your nudge to grab a bag before they are gone.
There is a clever bit of timing to it too. Citrus hits its peak just as cold and flu season arrives, so right when our bodies could use a good hit of vitamin C, oranges are everywhere and at their best. The good news is that your Thermomix turns a big bag of them into something genuinely useful in minutes.
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How to choose a good blood orange
When you are at the market, don't go by skin colour alone. A blood orange can look like a regular orange on the outside and still be a deep ruby red inside, so the blush on the skin isn't a reliable guide to what is going on within.
Pick the ones that feel heavy for their size, which is a sign they are full of juice, with firm, smooth skin and no soft spots. Give one a sniff too, because a good blood orange smells fragrant and sweet right through the skin. The juicier the fruit, the more you get out of it when you juice a bag in your Thermomix.
Store it
How to store blood oranges
If you are going to use them within a few days, a fruit bowl on the bench is perfectly fine, and they look gorgeous sitting out. For anything longer, pop them in the crisper drawer of your fridge, where they will happily keep for two to three weeks.
Here is my tip if you have bought a big bag and you are worried about them turning before you get to them: juice the lot in your Thermomix and freeze the juice in portions, or freeze it in my Jumbo Ice Cube Trays. That way you have captured all that ruby colour and flavour at its peak, ready to pull out whenever you need it.
Use it
The easiest ways to use blood oranges in your Thermomix
My absolute favourite way is the simplest: a glass of fresh juice in the morning. Once you can juice a bag in minutes, that ruby-red glass stops being a weekend treat and becomes an everyday one. And if a recipe calls for regular oranges, you can simply swap in blood oranges and instantly make it prettier and a touch more special.
If you want a way to use up a whole bag that will last for months, my Blood Orange Cordial is the answer, and it is completely free. It is written for your Thermomix from start to finish, sweet and tart all at once, and a jug keeps happily in the fridge for ages.
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Want to get more from your Thermomix?
Turn a fleeting winter fruit into fresh juice and cordial, all in the machine you already own. The right attachment makes juicing a whole bag a 30-second job.
