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Offline Bedlam

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This is just a silly chat but have just made some more beautiful lemon butter, very tart this time as my lemons are super juicy. So....how much is the juice of one lemon.
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Re: How much juice required if recipes says juice if one lemon.
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2012, 06:59:33 am »
I have lots of lemons, properly  1/2 -1/3 cup.

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Re: How much juice required if recipes says juice if one lemon.
« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2012, 07:00:34 am »
I reckon it is the same as the amount  of juice of one lime. ;D ;D

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Re: How much juice required if recipes says juice if one lemon.
« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2012, 07:10:04 am »
I knew it was a dumb question but the point being i am getting more like 3/4 cup from my lemons at present ( also if they are left to sit a few days) and it doesnt really matter with lemon butter but my hollandaise sauce with 1/2 a lemin juiced was much too lemony which made me wonder what the recipe really required.
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Re: How much juice required if recipes says juice if one lemon.
« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2012, 07:18:18 am »
I am squeezing lemons every nite at the moment.
You also get more if you microwave them for a couple of seconds.
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Re: How much juice required if recipes says juice if one lemon.
« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2012, 07:18:45 am »
Now that is a very  good question. My hollindaise split last time for that very reason. Too much juice. So a recipe should say how many gms or how many teaspoons.  


And when you think about it the same goes for egg yolks.
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Re: How much juice required if recipes says juice if one lemon.
« Reply #6 on: May 29, 2012, 07:50:54 am »
Googling I came up with 45 mls but if you have large lemons it would be more than that.  I only use 1/2 a lemon if they are big and juicy.
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Re: How much juice required if recipes says juice if one lemon.
« Reply #7 on: May 29, 2012, 08:32:10 pm »
its not a dumb question Bedlam

i have been making lots and lots  of the  hollindaise from the EDC  and i use 2tbl of juice.

in the lemon butter/curd i i make i use 80g of juice

i hope this helps

i don't need a recipe i'm italian