If you've been running around trying to dodge life's lemons, it's time to stop, face them head on and collect them to make these . You just cannot go wrong with their creamy, custardy centres and addictive tartness. They're enough to have you begging life to keep the lemons coming.
Lemon tarts
Keep the influx of lemons under control with this recipe for . A few slivers of these guys in tagines, salads and couscous will instantly liven things up with their sharp, zesty flavour. Keep them bottled up for 12 months and you'll always have lemons on hand, even after life has stopped dolling them out.
Preserved lemons
If you haven't heard the word about the curd, you're life is about to change. is one of those recipes that takes little effort but provides big, bright happiness. Slather it on toast, crumpets, pikelets, or spoon into tart shells, over ice-cream and through yoghurt - the possibilities for curd enhancement are endless.
Lemon curd Source: Petrina Tinslay
Silvia Colloca doesn't duck when lemons come flying her way. Instead, she bakes them into a Bundt tin for this fluffy . A little kick of amaretto sloshed into the batter rounds out the tartness of the lemon, making for a gentle citrussy fragrance.
Lemon and ricotta ring cake Source: Made in Italy
Lemons are a bit like the quietly popular kid in school who makes friends with everyone from the computer geeks to the mean girls. Lemons relate to all kinds of disparate ingredients, from cream and cheese to alcohol and meats. Here, they're getting on refreshingly well with .
Lemon and elderflower sorbet
Lemon displaces the classic chocolate-and-cream combo in these sunny-yellow . Full of a tangy lemon curd (which we've , is the word), they're also painted with a thick lemon icing and drizzled with a candied lemon syrup – it's a triple-threat!
Lemon eclairs Source: Brett Stevens
When you think of lemon groves, the quiet, dry heat of the Mediterranean comes to mind. So it makes sense that the lemons of life thrown at Italians over the years have ended up on bread. This is a deliciously rustic example of this practice.
Lemon foccacia
No round up of our favourite lemon recipes would be complete without that good, old pud, . It's classic what-mama-used-to-make territory, so if you haven't enjoyed the tart spoonfuls of this classic lemon dessert in a while, it's time for a revisit.
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