This is a list of lemon dishes and drinks, in which lemon is used as a primary ingredient. Lemon is a small evergreen tree native to Asia, and the tree's ellipsoidal yellow fruit. The fruit is used for culinary and non-culinary purposes throughout the world, primarily for its juice, though the pulp and rind (zest) are also used in cooking and baking.
Lemon meringue pie – baked pie, usually served for dessert, made with a crust usually made of shortcrust pastry, lemon custard filling and a fluffy meringue topping.
Lemon tart – dessert dish that's a variation of a tart. They have a normal, crimped, versatile pastry shell, while the filling is a basic variation of lemon paste.
Clam sauce – topping for pasta, usually linguine, that's typically prepared with minced clams, olive oil, garlic, lemon juice and parsley, or red, usually a thin tomato sauce with minced clams.
Kabkabou – fish and tomato stew traditionally prepared in Tunisia that includes lemon in its preparation.
Preserved lemon – condiment consisting of quartered, halved, or whole lemons that are pickled in a brine of water, lemon juice, and salt. Sometimes spices are added.[7]
Arnold Palmer – combination of lemonade and iced tea, named for the professional golfer.
John Daly – an alcoholic version of the above, made by adding vodka to the lemonade and iced tea.
Barley water – in Great Britain it's prepared by boiling washed pearl barley, straining, then pouring the hot water over the rind and/or pulp of a lemon, and adding fruit juice and sugar to taste. The lemon rind may also be boiled with the barley.
Lemonade – lemon-flavored drink sweetened with sugar. In different parts of the world, there are variations on the drink and its name. Pink lemonade and frozen lemonade are also prepared.
Lemon Drop – cocktail prepared with vodka, lemon juice and other ingredients
Lemonette – contained a significant amount of real lemon juice when it was first produced.
Lemon liqueur – liqueur made from lemons, liquor, and sugar. It is light to bright lemon yellow in color; intensely lemony in flavor; clear, cloudy, or opaque; and sweet or sweet and sour. Lemon zest is used, water may be added, and the liqueur is not sour.
Kitron – a lemon liqueur produced on the Greek island of Naxos. It is made from the fruit and leaves of the citron tree, which is similar to the lemon tree but stronger and slightly different in taste.
Limeade – similar to lemonade, but is made with lime juice or lime flavor instead of lemon.
Lemon ice box pie with raspberry sorbet and raspberry sauce
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Avgolemono soup (front)
The Giant Lemon & Paeroa bottle in Paeroa, showing the label design as used from the 1970s to the 1990s
A glass of lemonade
Bottles of limoncello
A glass of limeade
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