Copycat Wizarding World of Harry Potter Pumpkin Juice recipe

By garciamoss

Ingredients

• half of a butternut squash
• 2 cups water
• 1.25 cup pumpkin juice
• 3 cups apple juice
• 1/2 cup apricot nectar
• 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
• 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
• 1/2 cup sugar

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from foodinliterature.com

Preparation

Step 1

Start by placing your half a pumpkin or squash in a baking tray lined with a layer of water. Roast for approx 40 minutes at 180C until soft when fork is pressed in.
Remove from oven, cool and remove skin.
In a blender, combine the squash and water and blend. You can also put the pumpkin through the juicer, following it with water (putting just the pumpkin through does next to nothing).
In a saucepan, combine the 1.25 cups of the pumpkin juice with the apple juice, apricot nectar, vanilla essence, 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice and sugar. Bring to a boil then reduce to a simmer for 20-30 minutes.
The whole point of this? By simmering you'll be reducing the water so it'll have a more concentrated taste and will help the spices infuse with the juices, which plays a big part in the taste.
Chill and serve (although served hot is wonderful too!)

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