Juicing carrots (and other vegetables) without a juicer

[iheartoffal]

I'm making a carrot "essence" sauce that calls for quite a bit of carrot juice to be reduced down to a syrup. This can be quite toilsome without an electric juicer. I've tried pureeing them and pushing them trough a chinois but the yeild isn't all that high. That, and the blisters on my hand are starting to get annoying. Anyone know of a good way to do this?

[Luckylies]

maybe robo them, stick them into some cheesecloth and twist the top to extract the juices? or perhaps cook, puree, then squeeze through chinois?

[touaregsand]

I'd go with the robo and cheesecloth method. Or easier just buy carrot juice. Is it available where you are?

[Timh]

Try peeling, cutting into smaller pieces, putting in a blender,add a little water, and blend, then strain in cheesecloth. The blender will pulverize better than the robo. Or just go to Wholefoods.

[touaregsand]

Or just go to Wholefoods.

Even Costco carries Naked brand carrot juice.

You're right a blender would pulverize better than a robo.

[iheartoffal]

Thanks for the suggestions. The robo/cheesecloth thing worked quite well. Also, yelling at the carrots was highly effective.