Our lemon tree is covered with fruit and knowing that others have this
plant, I thought I'd post this recipe

1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
3 large eggs, separated
1/4 cup all purpose flour
1/4 cup fresh Meyer lemon juice
2 tablespoons fresh regular lemon juice
2 tablespoons finely grated Meyer lemon peel
3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons whole milk

1/4 teaspoon salt
Whipped cream (optional)

Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter six 3/4-cup custard cups or ramekins. Combine
1/2 cup sugar, egg yolks, flour, lemon juice, and lemon peel in large bowl;
whisk until well blended. Whisk in milk.

Using electric mixer, beat egg whites and salt in medium bowl until frothy.
Gradually add remaining 2 tablespoons sugar and beat until soft peaks form.
Fold beaten egg whites into lemon mixture in 2 additions. Divide mixture
among prepared custard cups. Place custard cups in roasting pan. Pour enough
hot water into roasting pan to come halfway up sides of custard cups. Bake
puddings until tops are golden and spring back when lightly touched, about
30 minutes. Remove cups from water. Serve warm or cold with whipped cream,
if desired.

Makes 6 servings.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:58:53 +0000, Sacha
wrote:

Our lemon tree is covered with fruit and knowing that others have this
plant, I thought I'd post this recipe

I am more interested in how you grow the lemon tree. Mine looks quite
healthy but never flowers.

Steve

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"Sacha" wrote
Our lemon tree is covered with fruit and knowing that others have this
plant, I thought I'd post this recipe

1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
3 large eggs, separated
1/4 cup all purpose flour
1/4 cup fresh Meyer lemon juice
2 tablespoons fresh regular lemon juice
2 tablespoons finely grated Meyer lemon peel
3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons whole milk

1/4 teaspoon salt
Whipped cream (optional)

Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter six 3/4-cup custard cups or ramekins.
Combine
1/2 cup sugar, egg yolks, flour, lemon juice, and lemon peel in large
bowl;
whisk until well blended. Whisk in milk.

Using electric mixer, beat egg whites and salt in medium bowl until
frothy.
Gradually add remaining 2 tablespoons sugar and beat until soft peaks
form.
Fold beaten egg whites into lemon mixture in 2 additions. Divide mixture
among prepared custard cups. Place custard cups in roasting pan. Pour
enough
hot water into roasting pan to come halfway up sides of custard cups. Bake
puddings until tops are golden and spring back when lightly touched, about
30 minutes. Remove cups from water. Serve warm or cold with whipped cream,
if desired.

Makes 6 servings.

Sounds nice but how about something a little alcoholic to go with it made
from the skin only....

Limoncello (Italian Lemon Liqueur)

Ingredients......
5 good sized Lemons
1 Litre Vodka (cheapest)
750g/1lb 10oz caster sugar
700ml/1.25 pints boiling water

Equipment....
2 ltr airtight bottle/jar
Veg peeler (the tomato peeler from Lakeland.Ltd takes thin peel with none of
the white bitter pith)
Muslin for straining
Sealable bottles.

Pare the zest from the Lemons with as little pith as possible, put it in a
large jar and pour over the Vodka**. Cover with an airtight lid and leave
for a week shaking the jar daily.
After a week put the sugar in a heatproof bowl and pour over the boiling
water, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. Mix the Vodka/peel with the
sugar water and put back in the sealed jar for a further week shaking the
jar daily at least.
At the end of the final week strain into sealable bottles adding a couple of
strips of the peel to each.

Excellent chilled as an after dinner drink or poured over good quality
Vanilla Ice Cream.

You can use the same recipe for Oranges too.

**The juice from the Lemons can be put in ice cube containers and frozen
for future cooking purposes, or used in Sacha's recipe above.

--
Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK

"Steve Wolstenholme" wrote in message
On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:58:53 +0000, Sacha
wrote:

Our lemon tree is covered with fruit and knowing that others have
this
plant, I thought I'd post this recipe

I am more interested in how you grow the lemon tree. Mine looks
quite
healthy but never flowers.

The standard advice from our local radio gardenin guru (and many
others too) for lemon trees, is to buy a six-pack of beers, drink the
beers then when you feel the urge, empty the bladder full of six-pack
directly onto the ground around the lemon tree.

"Steve Wolstenholme" wrote after Sacha wrote..
Our lemon tree is covered with fruit and knowing that others have this
plant, I thought I'd post this recipe

I am more interested in how you grow the lemon tree. Mine looks quite
healthy but never flowers.

I trust bit's big enough and you put it outside in a sunny spot during the
non frosty months.
Then it may be because you don't feed it enough, citrus are gross feeders
and we use the separate summer and winter feed as instructed ensuring that
the pots are flushed though with plain rain water between feeds. I also use
ericaceous compost with added bark chips to pot them up so I can use our
hard tap water if needed without damage.

Our Tahiti Lime has 28 full sized fruit ripening on it atm and is now coming
back into flower. Sorry to rub it in. :-)
--
Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK

On 30/1/07 12:18, in article ,
"Steve Wolstenholme" wrote:

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:58:53 +0000, Sacha
wrote:

Our lemon tree is covered with fruit and knowing that others have this
plant, I thought I'd post this recipe

I am more interested in how you grow the lemon tree. Mine looks quite
healthy but never flowers.


It's in an unheated greenhouse, gets no special treatment and is watered
when someone thinks about it - once a week, perhaps, in summer. I'll see if
Ray has any more ideas. How old is yours and how is it grow - and where?

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

On 30/1/07 13:07, in article , "Bob
Hobden" wrote:


"Sacha" wrote
Our lemon tree is covered with fruit and knowing that others have this
plant, I thought I'd post this recipe
snip

Sounds nice but how about something a little alcoholic to go with it made
from the skin only....

Limoncello (Italian Lemon Liqueur)

snip

We had Limoncello last night! We brought some home from Italy, stuck it in
the freezer and forgot all about it until yesterday (yes, my freezer IS
chaotic) Now, Bob, here's a challenge - what will you make from the fruit
of our Citrus medica - they are *enormous*!
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:31:47 +0000, Sacha
wrote:

On 30/1/07 12:18, in article ,
"Steve Wolstenholme" wrote:

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:58:53 +0000, Sacha
wrote:

Our lemon tree is covered with fruit and knowing that others have this
plant, I thought I'd post this recipe

I am more interested in how you grow the lemon tree. Mine looks quite
healthy but never flowers.


It's in an unheated greenhouse, gets no special treatment and is watered
when someone thinks about it - once a week, perhaps, in summer. I'll see if
Ray has any more ideas. How old is yours and how is it grow - and where?

It's about ten years old. About five foot high. Very healthy looking
shiny leaves but never a flower! Unheated porch, watered once a week.

Steve

--
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EasyNN-plus. The easy way to build neural networks.
$39.50 until 1st February. That is half the usual price.
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On 30/1/07 18:04, in article ,
"Steve Wolstenholme" wrote:

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:31:47 +0000, Sacha
wrote:

On 30/1/07 12:18, in article ,
"Steve Wolstenholme" wrote:

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:58:53 +0000, Sacha
wrote:

Our lemon tree is covered with fruit and knowing that others have this
plant, I thought I'd post this recipe

I am more interested in how you grow the lemon tree. Mine looks quite
healthy but never flowers.


It's in an unheated greenhouse, gets no special treatment and is watered
when someone thinks about it - once a week, perhaps, in summer. I'll see if
Ray has any more ideas. How old is yours and how is it grow - and where?

It's about ten years old. About five foot high. Very healthy looking
shiny leaves but never a flower! Unheated porch, watered once a week.

Steve

I think Bob's right and it needs feeding. Ours is in the ground within the
greenhouse but when it does get watered it's from a hose hitched up to the
diluter. Have a look at this:
http://www.gardendirect.co.uk/produc...=yes&P_ID=4823

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

"Sacha" wrote
after "Bob Hobden" wrote:


"Sacha" wrote
Our lemon tree is covered with fruit and knowing that others have this
plant, I thought I'd post this recipe
snip

Sounds nice but how about something a little alcoholic to go with it made
from the skin only....

Limoncello (Italian Lemon Liqueur)

snip

We had Limoncello last night! We brought some home from Italy, stuck it
in
the freezer and forgot all about it until yesterday (yes, my freezer IS
chaotic) Now, Bob, here's a challenge - what will you make from the
fruit
of our Citrus medica - they are *enormous*!

Has the rind got a nice strong pleasant citrus scent?
If so the same recipe would work.
Or you can candy it.

--
Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK

On 30/1/07 18:37, in article , "Bob
Hobden" wrote:


"Sacha" wrote
after "Bob Hobden" wrote:


"Sacha" wrote
Our lemon tree is covered with fruit and knowing that others have this
plant, I thought I'd post this recipe
snip

Sounds nice but how about something a little alcoholic to go with it made
from the skin only....

Limoncello (Italian Lemon Liqueur)

snip

We had Limoncello last night! We brought some home from Italy, stuck it
in
the freezer and forgot all about it until yesterday (yes, my freezer IS
chaotic) Now, Bob, here's a challenge - what will you make from the
fruit
of our Citrus medica - they are *enormous*!

Has the rind got a nice strong pleasant citrus scent?
If so the same recipe would work.
Or you can candy it.

Someone on uk.food+drink.misc has told me about candying it (sigh..) I'll
go and sniff it tomorrow for the Limoncello idea which sounds *much* more
attractive!

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

"Sacha" wrote ((snip))
Now, Bob, here's a challenge - what will you make from the
fruit of our Citrus medica - they are *enormous*!

Has the rind got a nice strong pleasant citrus scent?
If so the same recipe would work.
Or you can candy it.

Someone on uk.food+drink.misc has told me about candying it (sigh..)
I'll
go and sniff it tomorrow for the Limoncello idea which sounds *much* more
attractive!


Stick your nail into the rind and see what it smells like.
You do have to guard against getting the white pith (bitter) in the bottle
so need to pare off the yellow rind carefully, thinly.
Candying it would work fine but how much does one want, even with a Tea Shop
there are only so many cakes it can be used in/on. Hot Cross Buns spring to
mind. :-)

If you look at http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/citron.html
it tells you about uses near the bottom, candying is about it.

--
Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK

On 30/1/07 12:18, in article ,
"Steve Wolstenholme" wrote:

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:58:53 +0000, Sacha
wrote:

Our lemon tree is covered with fruit and knowing that others have this
plant, I thought I'd post this recipe

I am more interested in how you grow the lemon tree. Mine looks quite
healthy but never flowers.


Steve, another comeback on this one - I mentioned it to Ray this morning
over the toast and he asked if you'd grown it from a pip. I said I had no
idea. Apparently, lemon and orange trees grown from pips are rather like
e.g. Bramley pip seedlings. They can take many, many years to flower and
fruit and then there is no guarantee that what you get will be anything like
the 'parent' plant. If you didn't grow it from a pip, he agrees that it
probably needs feeding.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
"Sacha" wrote ((snip))
Now, Bob, here's a challenge - what will you make from the
fruit of our Citrus medica - they are *enormous*!

Has the rind got a nice strong pleasant citrus scent?
If so the same recipe would work.
Or you can candy it.

Someone on uk.food+drink.misc has told me about candying it
(sigh..)
I'll
go and sniff it tomorrow for the Limoncello idea which sounds
*much* more
attractive!


Stick your nail into the rind and see what it smells like.
You do have to guard against getting the white pith (bitter) in the
bottle
so need to pare off the yellow rind carefully, thinly.
Candying it would work fine but how much does one want, even with a
Tea Shop
there are only so many cakes it can be used in/on. Hot Cross Buns
spring to
mind. :-)

I'm green with envy. My husband always likes to have a Boiled Fruit
Cake sitting on the cake stand ready for his numerous snacks during
the day and candied peel is one of the important ingredients for it.
And the blasted local shop seems to think that country cooks only want
candied peel at Christmas time for some strange reason known only to
themselves!

On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:05:22 +0000, Sacha
wrote:

On 30/1/07 12:18, in article ,
"Steve Wolstenholme" wrote:

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:58:53 +0000, Sacha
wrote:

Our lemon tree is covered with fruit and knowing that others have this
plant, I thought I'd post this recipe

I am more interested in how you grow the lemon tree. Mine looks quite
healthy but never flowers.


Steve, another comeback on this one - I mentioned it to Ray this morning
over the toast and he asked if you'd grown it from a pip. I said I had no
idea. Apparently, lemon and orange trees grown from pips are rather like
e.g. Bramley pip seedlings. They can take many, many years to flower and
fruit and then there is no guarantee that what you get will be anything like
the 'parent' plant. If you didn't grow it from a pip, he agrees that it
probably needs feeding.

It was one from my mum. She grew a few from pips. The one she kept
does flower and fruit but it is much smaller than the one she gave to
me. I'm using Growmore but not too often. Maybe I should feed it on
something else. It is quite a few years old but I can't remember
exactly how many.

Steve

--
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EasyNN-plus. The easy way to build neural networks.
$39.50 until 1st February. That is half the usual price.
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