When life gives you lemons… then what? What if you have a lemon tree in your garden and you simply don’t know what to do with the abundance of harvest you are blessed with each year? Well, we have a few ideas:
I always think of Italy and the beautiful Capri island when my lemon trees are ready to harvest. There is just something about the freshness of this citrus fruit…
A very cool gift idea is to place all the ingredients in the right quantities, in a basket with fresh lemons. Tie a ribbon and add the recipe (you can print the recipe card below) and you have a fabulous homemade gift idea.
For this recipe, you can use a ready-baked shell of puff or short pastry, or crumb crust. (Now selling in a lot of shops and easily ready for quick baking.)
Lemon tart or lemon meringue are served cold.
You can make a very easy syrup by just adding equal parts lemon juice and sugar: (e.g. 1 cup of fresh lemon juice – strained, to 1 cup of white granulated sugar)
Add a bit of lemon zest (according to your taste – I love it a lot).
Then stir it over medium heat until it is all dissolved.
Let it come to a boil and leave to boil, stirring regularly, until reduced.
Tip: If you want a light syrup for drizzling over pancakes, you can replace a little bit of the juice with water.
This is most probably the nr 1 thing people will tell you to make, as it is so versatile.
You can use lemon curd
This makes for a fabulous filling for a flan.
Or how about a Lemony Cheesecake Tart with Gooseberry Topping… hmmmmmm delicious.
I hope you’ll try one of my recipes and let me know if you liked it. Maybe post a photo on our FB group: Travel and Home. We can’t all travel to Italy but we can enjoy the romantic idea of being in Italy while making some delish homemade treats.
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