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Mark_T · Posted: Sun 16 Oct, 2011 2:54 am

I'm looking for creative ways to use the leaves outside of the Thai or Asian cuisine genre. Anyone have recipes to share?

Lemandarangequatelo · Citruholic Joined: 01 Mar 2010 Posts: 473 Location: UK

Use them to make tea. Cut up 1 or 2 large leaves for each cup needed and pour freshly boiled water over them and let stand for 10 minutes before removing the leaves.

I tried it with Volkameriana lemon leaves and it was absolutely delicious. It didn't need sugar either. I have 2 very small Hystrix lime trees which only have about 5 leaves each so I will have to wait a while before I can try that tea Laughing

Mark_T · Posted: Sun 16 Oct, 2011 7:05 am

Lemandarangequatelo wrote:

Use them to make tea. Cut up 1 or 2 large leaves for each cup needed and pour freshly boiled water over them and let stand for 10 minutes before removing the leaves.

I tried it with Volkameriana lemon leaves and it was absolutely delicious. It didn't need sugar either. I have 2 very small Hystrix lime trees which only have about 5 leaves each so I will have to wait a while before I can try that tea Laughing

Thanks, I bet that would taste very good.