Limes Recipes - Tips and Hints for Home Cooking
Lime recipes, like traditional key lime pie, make great use of these green citrus fruits, but there’s more to them than lime tart recipes. Find out how home cooking is improved when you use limes with confidence.
Lime Recipes
This great collection of lime cooking ideas includes key lime pie, Caribbean cuisine, Far Eastern dishes and much more besides. Learn to cook with lime by following one of these recipes.
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Salad Recipes with Lime
Limes, as well as fresh lime juice used for salad dressings, offer an acidic tang to any salad dish. This recipe collection is full of good ideas for using up limes in fresh and interesting ways.
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Mexican Recipes with Lime
Mexican cuisine often makes use of the tenderising properties of limes, as well as its distinct zesty flavour. Learn more with this collection of tempting recipes.
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Fish Recipes with Lime
The tangy qualities of limes mean that they pair well with fish. You can often tell when fish has been cooked in lime juice and not lemons, just from the smell. Find out more.
Spicy Lime Recipes
The sourness of limes and lime juice makes it cut through when other strong flavours are present. Use this spicy collection of lime recipe ideas to incorporate them into curries, stir-fries and more.
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Lime Recipe FAQs
Can lime be used in place of lemon?
Yes, you can use a lime instead of a lemon or lime juice in place of lemon juice. The flavour is different, but it’s close enough for most recipes.
Can you eat a lime when it turns yellow?
Yes, using older limes that have turned yellow is fine. They’re often a bit sweeter and more lemon-like when yellow.
What's more acidic, lemon or lime?
Limes are a little more acidic than lemons, but not by much. Some lemon-lime acidity ratings cross over one another.
Why do people put lime in their food?
People use limes in cookery to add tanginess and a strong green colour. Lime adds a refreshing, zesty aroma while also serving, in certain contexts, as a meat tenderiser.
Does lime make food more spicy?
No, limes don’t make spicy foods spicier. However, they can enhance the flavour intensity and, therefore, add to the perceived spiciness of dishes.
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