Australian round lime
Citrus australis · Citrus
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The Australian round lime (Citrus australis) is a native Australian rainforest citrus from the subtropical east coast, bearing round to pear-shaped green fruit about 3 to 5 cm across with thick, oil-rich skin and juicy, sharply acid pulp. One of the country's flagship bushfoods, it is prized above all for marmalade, but also flavours drinks, sauces and preserves with a clean, fragrant lime tartness.
Picking a good onedrag
Just picked, oil-tightPapery, shrunken, mouldy
Market freshBuy itThe all-rounder: marmalade, sauces, drinks, grated over anything.
RindColour even, gloss flatter, glands still raised
WeightStill heavy, the thick rind firm all round
Stem endScar dry and pale, flush with the rind
Scratched peelFragrant when rubbed, the resin note a shade softer
Keeping ittap a temperature
Below about 8 C the oil-rich rind pits and browns in tan patches. A few days in a cold fridge is survivable; weeks at that temperature are not.
90-95%
Humidity
Gentle, not sealed
Airflow