I have just moved and i have a lime tree full of beautiful limes i would like to use before they go yuck. There are plenty of them but not enough to sell off so would love some recipes to try out on how to use them.
TIA
davidt4,
Mar 23, 2:32pm
Thai Beef Salad with Lime Juice
serves 4
350g lean beef sirloin, rump or fillet 2 tab fish sauce 4 tab lime juice 1 tsp palm sugar ½ tsp roasted chilli powder 3 shallots, finely sliced lettuce leaves ⅓ c coriander leaves, roughly chopped ⅓ c mint leaves, roughly chopped
Mix fish sauce, lime juice, sugar and chilli powder, add shallots.
Line a serving plate with lettuce leaves.
Sprinkle beef with salt and pepper and grill over high heat to medium rare.Slice crosswise into strips and add to dressing, combine well.Check seasoning and adjust if necessary.Spoon over lettuce leaves, sprinkle coriander and mint on top to serve.
davidt4,
Mar 23, 2:35pm
Lime Syllabub
2 limes ¼ cup late-picked white wine (i.e. dessert wine) 1 tbsp brandy 1 tbsp caster sugar 450 ml cream
Remove zest with a vegetable peeler, then juice limes. Put all ingredients except cream into a basin and refrigerate overnight. Next day remove zest. (If you prefer the texture, the zest can be finely grated instead of removed in one length and then left in the sweet.) Whip liquid and cream in an electric mixer until quite firm.
Spoon into glass bowls and serve with a crisp biscuit or berries or spoon onto a wine trifle in place of the usual whipped cream.
serves 4 - 6
davidt4,
Mar 23, 2:37pm
Lime Cashew Shortbread
70g sugar thinly peeled zest 4 limes (or 1 orange) 170g butter 170g plain white flour 50g semolina ½ tsp baking powder 100g cashews (or walnuts) – broken into quarters
In food processor whizz sugar and zest until finely pulverised.Add butter and whizz until creamy.Sift flour, semolina and baking powder, add to processor and pulse until just mixed.Mix in nuts by hand.
Press into 20cm tin.Bake 180 degrees C. 25 – 30 min.Cut while warm.
davidt4,
Mar 23, 2:38pm
Lime Marmalade
Simmer whole fruit covered with water 30 min.Slice and return to same water and leave overnight.
Add (for every 10 limes) juice of one lemon.Measure equal volume of sugar, mix in and stir over heat until dissolved.Boil until it sets (10 min plus).
Remove any obvious pips
Also use method for other citrus.
davidt4,
Mar 23, 2:40pm
Lime Relish with Kaffir Lime
1kg limes 2 onions, chopped finely 1 tablespoon salt 3 cooking apples, peeled and chopped 400ml cider vinegar 1 teaspoon ground ginger 1 cup raisins 2 1/4 cups White sugar 8 kaffir lime leaves
Cut limes in half then quarters lengthways. Cut ends off and slice thinly.
Bring to boil limes, onions, salt, apples, vinegar, ginger and raisins.Simmer 60 minutes.
De-vein the kaffirlime leaves, fold in half and slice very thinly into strips.
Stir the sugar and sliced leaves into the mix. Simmer for a further 30 minutes until thick.
Pour into hot sterilised jars and seal.
bev00,
Mar 23, 7:12pm
Wonderful ideas for limes - Thanks to Davidt4
wheelz,
Mar 23, 7:49pm
Countdown has some new recipe cards out now. I grabbed one for a pudding, called Lime and Passionfruit Delicious. Both fruits being my absolute favourites!
iriegirl,
Mar 24, 8:44am
You can freeze them, great to have when they're in short supply and are really expensive to buy!
bedazzledjewels,
Mar 24, 8:46am
You can dehydrate thin slices too.
ridgeline,
Mar 27, 7:02pm
We freeze the juice as cubes - go very well with gin and lemonade
cardiffgirl,
Mar 27, 11:36pm
Freeze the juice in ziplock bags Can do the same with the zest. Make lime sorbet. Lime Coolade ( a nigella recipe from Forever Summer) Key lime Pie( also Nigella.Nigella Bites) Lime Pickle.have a great recipe. Let me knowif you want me to post it
maximus44,
Mar 29, 6:49pm
Lime curd/honey like lemon honey.
tehenga288,
Mar 29, 8:10pm
Margaritas or mojitos
figjamto,
Mar 30, 7:33pm
Thai dishes.lots of then have lime juice.But I would juice and freeze then so you have juice ready to go
uli,
Mar 30, 7:36pm
Slice or quarter and freeze for lime-free days later in the season!
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