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This is a list of lemon dishes and drinks, in which lemon is used as a primary ingredient. Lemon is a small evergreen tree native to Asia, and the tree's ellipsoidal yellow fruit. The fruit is used for culinary and non-culinary purposes throughout the world, primarily for its juice, though the pulp and rind (zest) are also used in cooking.

Lemon dishes

Lemoncurd
Homemade lemon curd

Soups, sauces and condiments

Lemon drinks

  • Arnold Palmer – combination of lemonade and iced tea, named for the professional golfer.
    • John Daly – an alcoholic version of the above, made by adding vodka to the lemonade and iced tea.
  • Barley water – in Great Britain it's prepared by boiling washed pearl barley, straining, then pouring the hot water over the rind and/or pulp of a lemon, and adding fruit juice and sugar to taste. The lemon rind may also be boiled with the barley.
  • Bitter lemoncarbonated soft drink flavoured with quinine and lemon. The signature bitter taste is produced by a combination of the quinine and the lemon pith used in manufacturing the drink.
  • Lemon & Paeroa – sweet soft drink manufactured in New Zealand, traditionally made by combining lemon juice with carbonated mineral water from the town of Paeroa. It is now manufactured by multi-national Coca-Cola.
  • Lemonade – lemon-flavored drink sweetened with sugar. In different parts of the world, there are variations on the drink and its name. Pink lemonade and frozen lemonade are also prepared.
  • Lemon Dropcocktail prepared with vodka, lemon juice and other ingredients
  • Lemonette – contained a significant amount of real lemon juice when it was first produced.
  • Lemon liqueurliqueur made from lemons, liquor, and sugar. It is light to bright lemon yellow in color; intensely lemony in flavor; clear, cloudy, or opaque; and sweet or sweet and sour. Lemon zest is used, water may be added, and the liqueur is not sour.
  • Limoncello – Italian lemon liqueur mainly produced in Southern Italy, especially in the region around the Gulf of Naples, the Sorrentine Peninsula and the coast of Amalfi and islands of Procida, Ischia and Capri. Traditionally, it is made from the zest of Femminello St. Teresa lemons, also known as Sorrento lemons or Sfusato Lemons.
  • Mint lemonade – type of lemonade made with mint that is popular in parts of the Middle East.
  • Shikanjvi – type of lemonade from the Indian subcontinent.
  • Snowball – cocktail consisting of approximately equal parts advocaat and lemonade.
  • Sour – family of mixed drinks containing lemon or lime juice.

Similar foods and drinks

  • Kitron – a lemon liqueur produced on the Greek island of Naxos. It is made from the fruit and leaves of the citron tree, which is similar to the lemon tree but stronger and slightly different in taste.
  • Limeade – similar to lemonade, but is made with lime juice or lime flavor instead of lemon.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Anexo:Platos y bebidas de limón para niños

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