Sudachi is not a lemon - not a lime, its an amazing small shiny green citrus. You can use it anywhere you would a lemon or lime for a subtle sophisticated refreshing flavour.
When they are just supple to the touch cut at the equator and squeeze the fruit where it has been cut to let the juice run over the zest and take on the essential oils. Enjoy, its summer !
Buy fresh Sudachi here
Sudachi juice and zest:
Excellent on melon, or pears. Or in a vinaigrette on steamed eggplant. Add it to your drinking water or cut in quarters and freeze them. Then you can use them as ice cubes in a cold beer. It is also good with tomates (finely grate the zest and squeeze the juice on tomatoe bruschettas.
Sudachi zest is thrills on grilled fish or meats, scallops or warm oysters.
If you are interested in the role of sudachitine (polyméthoxyflavone anti-inflammatoire) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0753332222013348
against diabetes, obesity have a look at Tomoki Abe
or hypertension R. Ortiz-Andrade https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/27/22/7933
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