Homemade Lemon Cordial

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750ml fresh lemon juice
550g sugar
3/4 tablespoon citric acid
1½ tablespoons tartaric acid
1 tablespoon boiling water

Mix the citric acid and tartaric acid with the boiling water and stir until dissolved.
Put a large saucepan on a low heat and add the lemon juice and sugar. Stir until the sugar is completely dissolved.
Add the citric acid/tartaric acid mix and stir in well.
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Tanmaya’s Lemon or Lime Indian Oil Pickle (madly authentic)

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12 – 15 lemons or limes that have been quartered, salted, sprinkled with chillies and dried in the sun (heat) for 3 days
50 red or green chillies
Cooking salt
2½ cups malt vinegar
2 tablespoons fenugreek seeds
½ cup chopped fresh ginger
½ cup peeled garlic cloves
½ cup ground cumin
½ cup ground coriander
5 cups mustard oil
2 tablespoons black mustard seeds
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Lemon Delicious Pudding

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4 whole eggs
4 egg yolks
1/3 cup lemon juice
1/3 cup mandarin (tangerine) juice
Grated zest of one lemon
3/4 cup caster sugar
1 cup heavy cream

Lightly beat the eggs and add the sugar, juices, zest and cream. Taste and correct. It should still be quite tart.
Pour the mix into a buttered baking dish. Place the dish in a larger pan in a slow oven (160C) and add boiling water to the pan.
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Lemon Tart

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1 cup (250ml) freshly-squeezed lemon juice
Grated zest of two lemons, preferably unsprayed
3/4 cup (150g) sugar
12 tablespoons (170g) butter, cut into cubes
4 large eggs
4 large egg yolks
One pre-baked 23cm tart shell (any good shortcrust pastry will do but Maggie Beer’s sour cream pastry never fails)

Preheat the oven to 180ºC.
In a medium-sized non-reactive saucepan, heat the lemon juice, zest, sugar, butter, eggs and egg yolks. Have a mesh strainer nearby.
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Lime Cordial

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This cordial is excellent served with one part of the lime syrup mixed with four parts (or to taste) of chilled water, lemonade or soda water.

6 large limes (or 8 small)
1 kg sugar
4 cups water
1 tablespoon citric or tartaric acid

Finely grate the lime rind, taking care not to include any of the pith. Squeeze the juice from the limes and set aside.
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Limoncello

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This month is all about citrus. Here are some recipes to help you use and enjoy this delicious winter bounty.

Limoncello is an Italian lemon liqueur. If you’re a limoncello fan, you might have made it in the past by peeling too many lemons and dropping them into vodka. This recipe has a different and easier technique, suspending the lemons over the vodka and letting the vapours extract the essence from the peels. Give it a try!

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