Thermomix Tips · Juicing
Everything you can do with fruit and vegetables in your Thermomix, and the attachments that take it further.
Can the Thermomix juice vegetables? Not in the way a traditional juicer does, and in my opinion it does something better. The Thermomix blends fruit and vegetables fine enough to drink like a juice while keeping all the fibre in the glass, so nothing is thrown away. If you do want true extracted juice, there are two attachments that turn your machine into a juicer.
This is a very common question I get asked, and the answer is that it can do better than juice.
When you juice fruits and vegetables you are extracting the nutrients but leaving behind the very important fibre. We need more fibre. Our digestion and gut health absolutely depend on it, and when you juice you are literally throwing that precious fibre away (hopefully at least you are feeding it to your worms). Nature designed fruits and vegetables to be full of health-giving nutrients and to be eaten with their fibre casing, not stripped of it. So this is where my favourite kitchen appliance comes in.
With the Thermomix, what we can do is blend fruit and vegetables until they are fine enough that it feels like you are drinking a juice, but you are still getting all of that fibre and nothing is wasted. Less powerful blenders cannot pulverise the vegetables down finely enough, which leaves you with a gritty, less palatable potion.
Meet the products
Turn your machine into a juicer
WunderJuicer Thermo Citrus Juicer
Real citrus juice straight from your mixing bowl, and it fits the TM31, TM5 and TM6.
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Cold-Pressed Juicer
German engineered cold-pressed juicing for the TM5 and TM6. Needs the WunderCentix Axis.
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The Method
How to make juice in the Thermomix, no attachment needed
It is really easy, you just have to know how. Blend the fruit and vegetables with a handful of ice or a piece of frozen fruit and 50g of water on speed 9 for 30 seconds.
Then set to speed 9 and pour additional water slowly over the MC (over approximately 40 seconds), leaving it to blend for a total of 2 minutes to achieve a smooth, silky texture.
For more fibrous vegetables such as carrots you will need more water. For less fibrous vegetables such as cucumbers you will need a lot less. Start with a little (maybe 100g) and keep adding until you reach the consistency you want.
Honestly, this would be the one thing I do most in my Thermomix. It is invaluable to my health and to my goal of not wasting food. Not just the fibre either, I can blend up dodgy looking fruit and veg that are past their prime and no one would ever know. There is always a use for those limp carrots, the quarter of a cucumber, the browning apple and the half lemon left over from last night's dinner.
If you want true extracted juice
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For citrus
The WunderJuicer Thermo Citrus Juicer sits straight on the mixing bowl and juices oranges, lemons and limes at speed 2.5. It suits the TM31, TM5 and TM6, and it goes in the dishwasher.
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For everything else
The Cold-Pressed Juicer handles fruit and vegetables generally. Important: it is an attachment, so it also needs the WunderCentix Axis, which is sold separately. It fits the TM5 and TM6.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can the Thermomix juice without an attachment?
Not in the extracting sense. What it does instead is blend fruit and vegetables so finely that the result drinks like a juice, with the fibre still in it. For most people that is the better outcome.
Which machines does the citrus juicer fit?
The WunderJuicer Thermo Citrus Juicer fits the TM31, TM5 and TM6.
Do I need anything else to use the Cold-Pressed Juicer?
Yes. The Cold-Pressed Juicer is an attachment that runs on the WunderCentix Axis, and the Axis is purchased separately. It is worth checking you have both before you order.
Why does blending beat juicing?
Because you keep the fibre. Fibre is what your digestion and gut health rely on, and a traditional juicer discards it. Blending also means nothing gets wasted, right down to the sad half lemon in the fridge door.
Want to get more from your Thermomix?
The right attachment turns one machine into several. Start with the juicer, then see what else your Thermomix can be talked into doing.
