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Blue in a Red State Donating Member (639 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 08:56 PM
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Meyer Lemon Recipes?
We have a bumper crop of Meyer lemons on a container plant now sheltered for winter in the garage. Does anyone know of some good recipes that use Meyer lemons? Maybe marinades or savory sauces? I currently only use them tucked into a roast chicken or with some shaved parmesan on asparagus. We *don't* eat sweets, so dessert recipes are out and I really don't like to substitute Meyers for regular lemons in most recipes where I'm used to tartness.

Thanks. :)
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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 09:09 PM
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1. A couple of ideas if you're not into sweets
Use the juice to make a viniagrette. Then use the viniagrette as a marinade for meat or as a plain old salad dressing.

Find recipes that use blood ornages and just substitute the Meyer lemons for the blood oranges. The color obviously won't match but the taste would likely be very good.

Just do a google on "blood orange" or "blood orange recipe".
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Blue in a Red State Donating Member (639 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 09:37 PM
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2. Thanks for the tip, they're both more "exotic" citrus
I'm still browsing for blood orange recipes, but I just found the following, which I thought would work particularly well with Meyer lemon juice. Just sharing.

Moroccan Spiced Lemon Marinade

INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup lemon juice
3 tbsp. olive oil
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 tbsp. grated lemon peel
2 tsp. black pepper
2 tsp. dried thyme
2 tsp. dried oregano
2 tsp. dried rosemary
1 tsp. ground cardamom
1 tsp. ground cumin
1/2 tsp. salt

Use this complex but gentle marinade on game hens, chicken, swordfish, tuna or jumbo shrimp (with or without the shells). For extra taste, loosen the poultry skin with your fingers and rub the marinade under the skin.

In a small bowl, whisk together all the ingredients. Place poultry or seafood in a glass or ceramic dish and add marinade. Turn to coat. Cover and refrigerate, turning occasionally, 30 minutes for seafood and up to 1 hour for poultry. Makes about 3/4 cup.
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Stepup2 Donating Member (396 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-05 10:05 PM
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3. I like them sliced and roasted
with any type of fish. They seem to get sweeter with cooking.
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Blue in a Red State Donating Member (639 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-05 06:51 PM
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4. I'm going to try this next time we have salmon
Last night, had pork chops grilled with some Bavarian seasoning (from Penzey's)and sliced Meyer's lemons. They were delicious! :9
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