In the Land o’ Lemons
Usually on Mondays I try to report what has been going on in the sewing room. There hasn’t been much happening in there. I got a little bit of time to work on the mystery quilt and sewed a piles of triangles together.
I’m hoping now that nearly all of the holiday things are put away I can find some sewing time this coming week.
A lot of time this week was also spent in the kitchen. We’re still swimming in lemons around here.
Two more batches of marmalade were made – the original lemon-vanilla and also an experiment of lemon-raspberry which looks beautiful.
Then there were the little individual lemon tarts -
Good but not stellar. There was a lot of butter whipped into the lemon curd and it really blunted the lemon flavor. Not a recipe I’d likely ever make again. They were sure pretty though.
The unsatisfying tarts left me craving a really lemon-y dessert so I made a batch of Ina Garten’s lemon bars.
I like her recipe the best. It has a greater filling to crust ratio than most lemon bars. I put half the zest in the crust and the other half in the filling. Other than that, I actually follow the recipe.
Then we spent a morning zesting and squeezing lemons and packaged up a lot of zest and juice for the freezer.
I think we’re down to just a dozen or so lemons in the fridge for cooking and such.
Visit Patchwork Times and see the real quilting that’s been going on. Hopefully there will be more quilting here next week.
- – marcella
Wow I love lemons. They are pricey in the winter up here. Your pie looks good. You have a nice start on Orca Bay. I have love doing it. Thanks for stopping by my blog today.
Your lemony goodies all look yummy.
Hope you can find some time to sew this week.
Progress is progress–look at all your little hourglasses.
Your desserts look wonderful. I don’t really care for lemon which is a shame since so many tasty looking treats are made with it!