Name: Lime Sugar
Yield: Makes about 3 cups
Ingredients: 6 limes; 2 1/4 cups sugar

This sugar, used in the cookies and lime ice, is great to have on hand for sprinkling on cut fruit or to add a boost to iced tea.

Active time: 45 min Start to finish: 45 min

Cooks' notes:

·Lime sugar may be made 3 days ahead and kept, chilled, in an airtight container.

·The sugar becomes aerated in the food processor; do not pack when measuring.

Recipe information

Yield
Makes about 3 cups

Ingredients

6 limes

2 1/4 cups sugar

Preparation

Remove zest from limes in strips with a vegetable peeler and cut away any white pith from zest (pith imparts a bitter flavor). Chop zest (about 1/2 cup), then grind in a food processor with sugar until mixture is pale green with bits of zest still visible.

TagsLime Citrus Fruit Make Ahead Food Processor Gourmet

Recipe notes

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