Misc addition
Makrut Lime Leaves
Representative The maker publishes no figures for this product, so these are class-typical values instead.
- Type
- Spice
- Added at
- whirlpool
- Form
- solid
- Formula
- n/a
- Concentration
- sold as the pure compound
- Typical dose
- 5-15 leaves per 20 L
- Timing
- Torn and steeped at whirlpool for 5 minutes, or dropped in the fermenter cold.
Before you use it
Tear the leaves to open them and count rather than weigh, since leaf size varies wildly. Fresh or frozen both work well; the dried ones are a shadow of either.
Description
The double leaves of the makrut lime, carrying a bright floral lime aroma quite unlike the fruit and quite unlike lemongrass. A little goes a long way in a wit, a saison or a citrus-forward pale.