Lemon Paste

 

I've never heard of lemon paste; have you? But we bought a tube and now I need to use it. I thought it would be used in place of lemon juice, but the back of the package actually says it's a substitute for lemon zest. Since I can't find any recipes for lemon paste, I'm just going to add it to some of our regular recipes. That ought to work.

Lemon Bars - I substituted about one tablespoon for one tablespoon of the lemon juice called for in these gluten-free lemon bars.

Lemon Raspberry Muffins - This recipe is actually gluten-free also, but I made it using regular wheat flour. Once again, I added about a tablespoon of lemon paste to the batter. I also sprinkled on an oat streusel before baking. Although not terribly sweet, they were still delicious.

Blueberry Corn Muffins - Similar to the above, but with cornmeal and blueberries instead of oatmeal and raspberries.

Lemon Blueberry Salad - I adapted this Key Lime Vinaigrette (by substituting one tablespoon lemon juice and one tablespoon lemon paste - a teaspoon would have been better - for the 1/4 cup lime juice) to toss with romaine and blueberries and other yummy ingredients.

Pan-Seared Mahi Mahi - This was nice and simple. Cook mahi mahi on the stove, then serve with lemon garlic butter! (I used some garlic paste along with the lemon paste.)

Pan-Seared Halibut with Lemon Butter Sauce - I meant to add some lemon paste to the sauce, but I forgot. However, it worked nicely as a little garnish, which we then spread over the fish before eating it.

Lemon Butter Sauce - The sauce was delicious over asparagus also.

Hollandaise Pasta and Shrimp - This recipe used not only the lemon paste, but also some Italian seasoning paste and parsley flakes. And it was just as delicious as last time.

Lemon Raspberry Muffins - The grocery store had delicious looking raspberries for a good price, so we picked some up. Michelle first made this muffin recipe for us; it's a good one, although since it's sugar-free, dairy-free and gluten-free, Wayne's not a fan of it. I used lemon paste instead of the required lemon zest. Making progress, but there's still enough lemon paste for at least one more recipe, which we used in Blueberry Scones.