Tuesday, 14 June 2016

Abundant Limes


The lime tree is producing limes faster than we can use them. The cool mornings are spent picking up the windfall of the previous evening. With a basket of about 60 limes in the kitchen I decided to try and preserve them for future use.




First, I peeled 15 limes very thinly for making lime liqueur. My hands and the kitchen were heavy with the smell of lime oil. I added four mint leaves, two lemon geranium leaves and the lime peels to vodka in a glass jar. The peels and leaves will steep for the next two weeks before I add the sugar syrup to make the lime liqueur.

Peels in Vodka
The peeled limes were halved with the rest of the limes and I spent the best part of the morning squeezing them. I poured the juice into ice-cube making bags for later use in salad dressings, frozen margaritas, sorbets, pasta dishes and general well-being.



Lime juice ready for freezing
With limes high in vitamin C, it will help to boost our immune systems during winter, protecting us against colds and flu.



I am happy to have used so many limes. Now I need to plan some creative ways to use the rest of our abundant limes.

1 comment:

  1. Ingenious use of the limes.I can't wait to meet up with them in their various guises.

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