
- Pear base
- Beginner
- Keeps 24–36 hrs
Pear Blackberry Lemon
A mellow pear juice with blackberry, cucumber, and lemon.
- Yield
- ~17–19 oz
- Prep
- 11 min
- Sweetness
- Medium
- Drink by
- Within 36 hrs
- Est. calories
- Included with Founding Lifetime
- Cost to make
- Included with Founding Lifetime
- Make-ahead
- Included with Founding Lifetime
- In season
- Included with Founding Lifetime
Ingredients
1 bottle · ~17–19 ozMethod · In press order
Press it in this order. Here's why.
- 2 medium · cored
Pear
Base + flavorBase + flavor · cored
Builds most of the bottle and keeps the recipe easy to press.
- Press
- Start with pear to build steady flow through the press.
- Buy
- Slight give at the neck when pressed gently.
- 1 large · trimmed
Cucumber
Volume + bodyVolume + body · trimmed
Adds juice volume and a mild, clean backbone for the stronger flavors.
- Press
- Press 1 large cucumber, then continue alternating textures.
- Buy
- Firm body with taut, deep-green skin.
- 1 cup · rinsed gently
Blackberry
Gentle sweetnessGentle sweetness · rinsed gently
Rounds sharper ingredients and gives the bottle a fuller finish.
- Press
- Run blackberry next so its sweetness carries through the press.
- Buy
- Plump, glossy berries with a deep purple-black color.
- 1/2 small · peeled
Lemon
Acid + brightnessAcid + brightness · peeled
Keeps the bottle from tasting flat and sharpens the finish.
- Press
- Finish with lemon, then stir gently before bottling.
- Buy
- Heavy for size with thin, taut skin.
The Week Planner scales these amounts and puts every bottle on one grocery list.
Fix and swap
Didn't come out right? Fix it.
- Too sweet
Add more cucumber or a squeeze of lemon to pull the bottle back toward crisp.
- Too sharp
Add a few cucumber pieces or a small pear wedge to soften the edge.
- No pear?
Use green apple. Keeps sweetness, but changes body and aroma.
- No blackberry?
Use blueberry. Keeps sweetness, but changes body and aroma.
- Too flat
- Too watery
- No cucumber?
- No lemon?
Yield, prep and calorie ranges are rough planning estimates. Calories come from the recipe's produce types, not a lab test, and everything varies with produce size, ripeness and your juicer. How to use these estimates. This website provides general recipe and nutrition education only and is not medical advice. Read the disclaimer.
Ingredients
1 bottle · ~17–19 ozPlan this into a week
Make this bottle one, and we'll plan the rest of your week with one grocery list.
Plan my weekStorage
Citrus-forward juices can taste brightest soon after pressing. For best flavor, enjoy within 24 to 36 hours. Shake gently if it separates, keep it cold, and discard questionable juice.
Serving: Juices can fit well near a balanced meal or snack, especially when the recipe is fruit-forward.
Optional boosters
- Chia Textureup to 1 teaspoonAdds light texture to finished juice after the seeds hydrate briefly.
- Mint Finishup to 8 to 10 leavesAdds a cool herbal finish to cucumber, melon, and citrus-forward juices.
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