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Questions tagged [lemon-juice]

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How to balance out sourness of lemon juice, specifically in a mayonnaise?

I've just made some mayonnaise, and it's turned out fine - texture wise. However, I used too much lemon juice when I made it. What are the possible ways to balance this out, mellowing the 'zing'? It's not terribly overmuch, but it could definately…
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lemon juice curdling white chocolate

I was trying to make white chocolate truffle.....but when I melted my white chocolate and added lemon juice to it, it curdled and there was huge chocolate butter floating on top of my mixture...can anyboody help with this.
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Lemon juice and kale/green leaf lettuce salad produces a very horseradish-y taste and smell

This is the strangest thing I've ever experienced with food. I have a salad, a kale and green leaf lettuce salad, sprinkled with lemon juice. As I'm eating it, when the lemon juice and kale leaves mix together, it produces the typical horseradish…
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Why does adding lemon juice before baking cause a thick layer of dense cake to form?

I am trying to adapt a recipe for lemon cake. I want to add actual lemon juice to the batter and omit the lemon zest. The recipe I have goes as follows: 250g butter 250g sugar, half and half powdered and granular 4 separated eggs 250g flour…
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Using own squeezed lemon juice

I am using a bought 100% lemon juice (pasteurized). I thought that it will be cheaper to squeeze some lemons and heat at on the stove for pasteurizing. How much time can I use my own pasteurized lemon juice? are there other health consideration I…
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Pasteurize egg yolks?

I want to make a cake filling consisting of sweetened condensed milk and lemon juice so I thought of adding egg yolks to make it more dense, but the condensed milk and lemon juice doesn't need cooking then should I cook them over a double boiler? if…
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What alternatives do exists for properly squeezing lemons?

This happened to me often when I go to some restaurants or be on a visit to somebody place. It just happen that I want to add some lemon to my soup or use it as an addition to my meals but they do not have access to a lemon crusher. Is that the name…
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Can I use orange juice to pasteurize egg whites?

I'm making a meringue and I just realized I don't have tartar or lemon juice, but I do have oranges? And I read that you can use anything acidic but I dont know. So I would like to know if it's ok to substitute lemon juice with orange juice?
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What is the best way to denature proteins in chicken soup using an acidic ingredient?

From my understanding, if you add lemon juice or apple cider vinegar to chicken soup, the acidic ingredients will denature the proteins. If I want the protein in the soup to be denatured using these ingredients, what is the best way to go about…
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