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Citrus syrup

Name: Citrus syrup
Prep time: 1 h 8 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 1 h 13 min
Yield: 600 ml
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 300 g caster sugar; 200 g water; 2 lemons; 2 limes

This citrus-flavoured syrup blends the bitterness of the zest with the delicious acidity of the juice. It can be used to soak biscuits or cakes when making desserts.

You can make this with whatever citrus fruits you prefer. It can be prepared in advance and will keep for several days.

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Duration

1 hour 15 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: December 30^th 2019

Step by step recipe Ingredients Duration Nutritional facts Cost Comments

For 600 ml, you will need:

1 300 g caster sugar
2 200 g water
3 2 lemons
4 2 limes
Total weight: 980 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

8 min.

Resting

1 hour

Cooking

5 min.

All in all

1 hour 15 min.

Preparation 8 min.

Resting 1 hour

Cooking 5 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 5 min.

Put 300 g caster sugar and 200 g water into a saucepan.

Bring to the boil on high heat.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 5 min.

Take off the heat and grate the zest of 2 lemons and 2 limes directly into syrup while it is still really hot. Mix well.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 1 hour

Cover the saucepan with plastic film, then leave to cool.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 2 min.

When the syrup is cold, pour in the juice of the fruit you have zested.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 1 min.

Mix well and your citrus syrup is ready.

Stage 6

If you will not be using it right away, pour the syrup into a bottle or jar which seals well and keep in the fridge.

Remarks

For the best flavour, it is important to respect the temperatures: 1) Add the zest to the hot syrup (stage 2) and pour the juice into the cold syrup (stage 4).

If you don't like the texture of zest, filter the syrup through a fine strainer before use or bottling.

Keeping: Several days in the fridge, in a sealed container.

Source: After Thomas Marie (award-winning French baker: MOF Boulanger).

Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	0 g	35 g RDI=13 %	0 g	142 kcal RDI=7 %	595 kJ RDI=7 %
Whole recipe	4 g RDI=7 %	343 g RDI=130 %	0 g	1,392 kcal RDI=70 %	5,828 kJ RDI=70 %

Whole recipe

How much will it cost?

For 600 ml

1.40 €

Per Citrus syrup

0.05 €

Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.

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