Lucky Citrus Cup (aka "We Wish You a Scurvy-Free Christmas" Cup)
Citrus wholesomeness in a bowl.
Servings: 6
Equipment
- Tools needed include: cutting board, large knife for halving fruit, grapefruit knife, juicer, Tupperware citrus peeler, garbage bowl for peelings, and a wet rag to constantly mop up the sweet and sticky juice! If you have a small handheld strainer, it might come in handy to scoop out seeds.
Ingredients
- 1 5 lb bag grapefruit
- 1 3 lb bag of valencia or other juice oranges
- 1 3 lb bag of navel oranges
- 1 10 oz jar maraschino cherries
- 1/2-3/4 c white sugar to taste
Instructions
- Now, cut up your fruit.
- I start with the grapefruit, cutting them in half, picking out all visible seeds, and then use the grapefruit knife to loosen each segment. Squeeze the segments and juice into the bowl you’ll be mixing the citrus cup in. I usually also run each half across the juicer, just to get every bit of juicy, pulpy goodness.
- Peel the oranges, divide into quarters (2-3 segments in each quarter) and then make thin slices across the segments. Don’t worry about the membranes between segments. They help the oranges retain their shape and are actually good for you!
- While working, scoop out as many seeds as you can. Those impossibly little pieces of seed won’t hurt anyone, but the big ones aren’t any fun to find on your spoon. Use a spoon, use a strainer, or just dig in with your hands to get the offending seeds.
- Keep going until all the fruit is in the bowl.
- Add the maraschino cherries with all the juice in the jar.
- I usually quarter each cherry, because my mom taught me to be thrifty… Also, that way the lucky red color and wonderful almond flavor is spread more equally throughout the mixture.
- Taste. Add sugar as needed, but not too much!
- Taste again until you’re done!
Notes
It's perfectly acceptable to use all navel oranges if no juice oranges are available. Grapefruit these days are so juicy, the consistency of the cup should be fine. Remember, this is more like a soup than a fruit salad.