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A refreshing summer drink that can be easily prepared at home and stored for a long time. For the preparation of mandarin squash, the juice of Arakapa mandarins is boiled together with sugar in equal proportions.
Name - Recipe
Μανταρινάδα. Mandarin juice concentrate.
Mandarin juice from Arakapa mandarins
Sugar (1 part juice to 1 part sugar)
Wash the mandarins very well and drain. Squeeze the mandarins, strain the juice, measure it and place it in a saucepan with the corresponding amount of sugar (1 glass of juice to 1 glass of sugar). Put them on low heat and stir until the mixture is hot (not boiling). Allow the mandarin juice to become lukewarm and fill up the sterile bottles. Close them and when completely cool, place them in a dark, cool place. (MANRE 2010, 72)
Boiling.
Preserving in sugar.
Orange squash (portokalàda): follow the same recipe and substitute mandarins with "Valencia" oranges (MANRE 2009).
Additional information and bibliography
Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Agriculture (2009). Fruit and Vegetable Juicing, Press and Information Office, Nicosia.
Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment (2010) 'For the farmer: practical advice', Farmer, 66 (446).
Varvara Yangou
Μανταρίνια. Άδεια δημοσίευσης: Υπουργείο Γεωργίας.
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