Fun with Buddha´s Hand

¨What is that thing crawling on our kitchen table?¨ Those words were enough to scare the kids, it does have a somewhat startling and creepy look to it.



It´s a Buddha´s Hand, part of the citron family of citrus. They are very fragrant, have no useable flesh like a lemon or orange, so you either candy these or use the zest like you would lemon. The smell is a very floral lemon smell, quite lovely. Recently I found one of these at whole food and used the zest in a vinaigrette on baby arugula. This was nice end to a big meal served in the Italian tradition (salad is served at the end of the savory courses of the meal).