Candied Key Limes and Lime Syrup

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Candied Key limes are a festive, decorative garnish you tin usage for immoderate cocktail that you'd usually garnish with a citrus wedge. Save the syrup: It's fundamentally your ain homemade mentation of Rose's Lime Juice.

The lime wheels successful their syrup request to beryllium refrigerated overnight. The syrup itself tin beryllium refrigerated for up to 1 month, and the candied lime wheels tin beryllium refrigerated successful the syrup for for up to 1 month.

From bartender Todd Thrasher of Restaurant Eve, the Majestic and PX successful Alexandria.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 36 candied Key lime slices and astir 4 cups of syrup

8 ounces Key limes, chopped into bladed wheels (seeds discarded; astir 6 slices per lime)
1 quart lukewarm water
1/2 quart sugar
1 stalk lemongrass (tough outer layers discarded), smashed, past coarsely chopped

Nutritional Facts

Per candied lime slice

Calories
7
Carbohydrates
2 g
Sugar
1 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From bartender Todd Thrasher of Restaurant Eve, the Majestic and PX successful Alexandria.

Tested by Jason Wilson.

Published December 15, 2009

Updated March 13, 2026