Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Harry Potter Pumpkin Juice


The label for Pumpkin Juice at Universal's Wizarding World of Harry Potter lists the ingredients as: water, apple juice concentrate, pumpkin puree, apricot puree, sugar, natural and artificial flavor, citric acid, acesulfame potassium, and sodium benzoate. Here is my version of the Wizarding World drink. I leave out the sugar and everything else on the list after it, and my natural flavors come from spices. We find that it is sweet and tasty enough without the added sugar. Because of the purees, this is a bit thicker than most juices, but I understand that the WWOHP product is also slightly pulpy. My Vita-Mix does a fabulous job with this recipe. I haven't tried the WWOHP juice yet, but hope to some day soon. I'd love to know from someone who has tasted it, if this recipe comes close to matching the wizarding beverage.

Harry Potter's Pumpkin Juice
4 cups apple juice (I make mine from concentrate and add an extra can of water.)
1/2 cup pumpkin puree
1/4 cup apricot puree *
1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
Place all ingredients in blender. Process on high for 1 minute. For best flavor, chill in refrigerator. Shake or stir before serving.
* To make the apricot puree, I puree a can of apricots without the juice in my Vita-Mix and freeze the leftover puree for future batches. You can also use jarred apricot baby food.

**UPDATE** I have gotten to try the WWOHP bottled drink at the theme park in Orlando, and I'd say this recipe is pretty close.


5 comments:

  1. My son loves all things Harry and I can't wait to show him this recipe!

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  2. Thanks for visiting and taking the time to comment, Cara. My whole crew enjoys anything Potter as well. Hope your son likes the juice as much as mine does.

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  3. This is such a cute idea. I have not been to Disney World since I was a small child but I would bet this tastes pretty good.

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  4. where do you find apricot puree?

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  5. JessL, I made my own apricot puree by draining the juice from canned apricots then pureeing in in my Vitamix blender. (Any blender or food processor would do.) You can also use jarred baby food apricots.

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