Glut of lemons (16)

Nargleblast

Home made lemonade.

Use a fork to p r i c k (blooming sweary filter!) 6 lemons all over and put in a big bowl. Add about 100gms sugar and pour over boiling water to cover. Leave half an hour. Take a fork and score lines over the lemons, which will release some zest. Leave another half hour then cut the lemons in half and squeeze in the juice. Leave till cool then strain into a jug or two and refrigerate. Experiment with the amount of sugar till you get the taste you want.

thriftwizard

You can make a lightly-fermented lemonade too, a bit like ginger beer or elderflower champagne; recipe similar to the one I use here. And my girls used up about 6 lemons (bought cheap at the end of last Sunday's market) this week making a delicious lemon & raspberry tart; they will have found that recipe online too. Also - lemon curd?

hoglet121

I was recently given a huge amount of lemons

I've made 3 batches of lemon squash, lots of lemon curd and I've frozen the juice and zest in separate bags for use later

LadyCoupon

Thanks everyone - I knew you would all give me some ideas. Will give some of them a go.

Anne_Marie_2

Another vote for preserved lemons, lovely added to all sorts of dishes.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/how_to_make_preserved_01545

Pyxis

You can grate the zest, (but depends if they are waxed or not), and freeze in small batches. Then juice the lemons and freeze the juice, some in ice-cube trays, for small amounts, and some in larger batches, depending on what you want.

calicocat

HM lemon curd.....nothing you can buy will be better...this then translates to lemon curd tarts....if you are a real foodie.

Also a huge fan of slicing and freezing and do it often with YS lemons and limes.

savingqueen

descale the kettle, flasks etc?

iammumtoone

I always look out for cheap lemons as I like real lemonade.

I like Nargleblasts method this sounds simpler than mine, I boil it, I will use that next time, thanks

Cally_Smart

A huge lemon meringue pie,tarte au citron my recipe uses about 6 lemons,simple lemon Victoria sandwich cake (zest in the cake mix,juice in the butter cream filling)which you could freeze or like others have said make lemon curd.