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181 Extracting juice in the Miele steam oven You can use the steam oven to extract juices from soft fruit, such as berries and cherries. It is best to use overripe fruit, as the riper the fruit, the greater the quantity of juice produced. Very ripe fruit will also produce a more intense flavour. Preparation Sort and rinse the fruit, and cut out any blemi- shes. Remove the stalks from grapes and morello cherries as these are bitter. The stalks do not need to be removed from raspberries, etc. Useful tips Mix mild and bitter fruits for a well-rounded flavour. Adding sugar will increase the quantity of juice produced and improve the flavour. Sprinkle the fruit with sugar and leave to absorb for a few hours before juicing. We recommend adding 50–100 g of sugar for 1 kg of sweet fruit and 100–150 g of sugar for 1 kg of bitter fruit. If you wish to bottle the juice rather than consume it straight away, pour it whilst hot into hot, sterilised bottles up to the rim, and then seal immediately with sterilised rubber tops. Procedure • Put the prepared fruit (cleaned, washed, chop- ped etc.) into a perforated cooking container. • Place a solid container or the condensate tray underneath to catch the juice. Settings Temperature: 100 °C Cooking duration: 40–70 minutes