Making a recipe with lemons and need to know how much juice you’ll get? Here’s our expert answer: honed after making hundreds of lemon recipes throughout the years.
Lemon recipes
A medium lemon yields 3 tablespoons juice, and a large lemon yields 4 tablespoons juice (¼ cup). A very small lemon yields about 2 tablespoons juice.
How much juice is in 2 lemons? Two medium lemon equals about 6 tablespoons juice, and two large yield ½ cup juice. How much juice is in ½ lemon? Half a medium lemon yields 1 ½ tablespoons juice; half a large lemon yields about 2 tablespoons juice. How many lemons do I need for ½ cup juice? You’ll need 3 medium or 2 large lemons. (We’d recommend buying 3 lemons to be safe.) How many lemons do I need for 1 cup juice? You’ll need 6 medium or 4 large lemons; again, buy 6 to err on the safe side.
Roll the lemon on the countertop for a few seconds. This helps to release the juices inside the fruit. Cut the fruit in half width-wise. Place in a press juicer: A press juicer is the quickest and easiest method: it gets out the most juice and saves your fingers from tiring out from squeezing. Place the fruit into the press juicer cut side down and squeeze the handles together. Or, press in a handheld citrus juicer. Place the fruit cut side down onto a handheld citrus juicer and twist the lemon to release the juices. Don’t have a juicer? Simply squeeze out the juice with your hands into a small liquid measuring cup, then strain it to remove seeds.
Our favorite method for zesting? A microplane grater is a handheld grater with sharp holes in it and it’s quicker and easy to clean than a box grater. Go to How to Zest a Lemon for more.
Lemonade: Try 15 Best Lemonade Recipes, like classic Fresh Lemonade (a favorite!), Pink Lemonade, Strawberry Lemonade and more. Muffins: Go for Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins or Lemon Blueberry Muffins. Breads and cakes: Make Lemon Bread or Lemon Cake. Pasta: Try Lemon Ricotta Pasta. Pancakes: Grab tasty Lemon Ricotta Pancakes. Drinks: Sip on Lemon Tea, Lemon Smoothie or Lemon Soda. Sauce: Make a Lemon Butter Sauce.
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