A few splashes of lemon juice are enough to give many dishes a subtle acid note and a refreshing aroma. However, the rest of the cut lemon does not last long. So squeeze everything out right away and freeze the leftover juice for later!

Lemon juice can be frozen in practical portions in ice cubes

Only fresh lemons offer quality

Whole lemons have a long shelf life, but over time they lose their freshness, wither, dry up or discolour. Blue moldy lemons are also not uncommon. But then it's too late to secure their precious juice.

With its open surface, a cut lemon offers an ideal breeding ground for germs of all kinds. It should therefore be used up within a day. If this is not possible, squeeze the whole lemon straight away.

How to completely squeeze a lemon

Lemon juice can be squeezed out with a special lemon squeezer. A juicer can also help. If you don't have either, you don't have to waste a drop.

  1. First wash the lemon under lukewarm water.
  2. Place the lemon on a firm surface. Place your hand on it and roll it back and forth while applying firm pressure with your hand.
  3. Then cut the lemon in half and squeeze it.
  4. You can also pierce the inside with a fork and turn the lemon half back and forth while doing so. This way more juice can be squeezed out.

tips

If you freeze the juice of an organic lemon, you should first finely grate the yellow peel on a kitchen grater. It flavors many baking recipes and also freezes well.

Sieve out all the seeds

Before freezing, pass the freshly squeezed lemon juice through a fine kitchen sieve, which catches all the pips. These are disposed of, because lemon seeds are not eaten and are rather annoying. Lemon juice is usually used later in the frozen state and it is then no longer possible to remove the pits.

Ice cubes, the practical portioning

Of course, you can put all the lemon juice in one freezer box and freeze it, but that's not practical. Only rarely is the entire amount of lemon juice needed at once. Many mini containers would be a solution, but there is another way: with an ice cube container.

The squeezed lemon juice is poured into the boxes of the ice cube tray and then placed in the freezer. Please note the following points:

  • Freeze appropriate amounts for all recipes
  • Therefore, fill the boxes at different heights
  • let the contents freeze first
  • then remove the ice cubes
  • store in a freezer bag

use and durability

Frozen lemon juice has a shelf life of one year. The sour pieces can be added to the saucepan straight from the freezer. They will melt in no time.

Lemon ice cubes are a simple way to flavor water in summer.

The garden journal freshness ABC

How can fruit and vegetables be stored correctly so that they stay fresh for as long as possible?

The garden journal freshness ABC as a poster:

  • as a free PDF file to print out yourself

Category:

Vegetable garden