They can also be cooked into marmalades, jams, and jelly or used as a substitute for lemons or key limes. In sweet applications, Limequats can be candied whole, cooked into syrups or glazes, dipped in caramel, or sliced and used as decoration around pies, cakes, and tarts.

What can you use a limequat for?

The limequat is usually used as a flavour booster in drinks like cocktails, but try it in a dish too. A fish dish like salmon is an obvious choice, but it can also flavour meat dishes.

Can you eat limequat?

Aromatic and tangy-sweet, limequats can be eaten whole; shiny skin, seeds and all. Enjoy raw, cook into a fragrant chutney, or use the juice and rind to flavour any number of drinks and dishes. Its rare to see a crop of organic limequat in Europe, and these trees Juan planted 4 years back, are grown for us only.