MADDENINGLY BEAUTIFUL YELLOW LEMON DELIGHTS NOW

Beautiful Yellow means beautiful lemons and pineapples, when it comes to what we want to eat and drink right now. So today, we have a collection of gorgeous lemon and pineapple recipes for you. Check out the cool sweets, cocktails and savory lemon and pineapple beauties we have for you below.

LEMON SOPRANO

This beautiful new lemon liqueur has rock star roots and a beautiful ancient soul.

Matteo Morse spent 30 years as a musician and music producer before he created Lemon Soprano using his grandmother’s recipe. For generations, the family made their lemon cream digestif out of their own home grown lemons.

If you drink Lemon Soprano chilled and straight, you’ll get a velvety creamy lemon meringue-y caress, with lemon peel accents. It’s been called the Italian answer to Bailey’s Irish Cream.

This beautiful pale yellow elixir won Gold Medal at the Spirits of the Americas Competition  Judges called it, “charming and refreshing."

One lazy Sunday morning, we conjured some Lemon Soprano brunch cocktails and they made us smile. Try them below.

LAZY LEMON SUNDAY

Ingredients:

• ¼ cup Lemon Soprano
• ¼ cup vodka
• 1 Tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 4 large sage leaves
• Ice

Directions:

1. In a cocktail shaker, combine the vodka, lemon juice, Lemon Soprano, 2 sage leaves, and ice. Vigorously shake until well mixed and icy, about 1 minute.

2. Strain and pour into a martini glass. Garnish with a lemon slice and 2 sage leaves.

3. Serve immediately.

Serves 1.

RAMOS SOPRANO GIN FIZZ

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup gin
• 2 tsp. fresh lemon juice
• ¼ cup Lemon Soprano
• 1 egg white (from a pasteurized egg)
• Few drops of orange-flower water
• 3/4 cup crushed ice
• About 1/3 cup club soda
• Freshly grated nutmeg, to taste (optional)

Directions:

1. In a blender or cocktail shaker, combine the gin, lemon, Lemon Soprano, egg white, cream, orange-flower water and crushed ice. Blend or vigorously shake until well mixed and frothy, about 1 minute.

2. Pour into a highball glass, fill to the top with club soda and dust with nutmeg.

3. Serve immediately.

Serves 1.

If you can’t find it at your local store, try ordering Lemon Soprano online.

PINEAPPLE BASIL RUM FIZZ

Although it is green, basil has a very warm, sunny flavor. And it pairs beautifully with fresh pineapple in this fabulous yellow cocktail, Pineapple-Basil Rum Fizz, by Laura, of Blogging Over Thyme. Check out her awesome recipe here.

GRILLED PINEAPPLE & JALEPENO MEZCAL MARGARITA

Mezcal’s smokiness swirls with the char of grilled pineapple, with a pop of jalepeño, for a multi-layered flavor fiesta in this Grilled Pineapple & Jalapeno Mezcal Margarita, by Willow Arlen of Will Cook For Friends.

Her recipe is wonderful. We prefer to leave out the honey, so it is less sweet. Whichever way you prefer, it’s a beautiful way to enjoy beautiful yellow. Perfect for Cinco de Mayo, coming up soon!

MEYER LEMON FOCACCIA

If you decide you want to STOP eating this incredible Meyer Lemon Focaccia, created by deensiebat, and shared on Food52, forget about it… You won’t be able to do it. The tart, salty-sweet, rosemary, touch-of-bitter bite you get from this is totally addictive.

Once we finished it, we couldn’t stop thinking about making another one! Good thing it’s a cinch to make!

Check out this Beautiful Yellow recipe here.

CANDIED MEYER LEMON COOKIES

These Candied Meyer Lemon Cookies, created by Lori Yates, of Foxes Love Lemons, are a blast of Beautiful Yellow sunshine.  

The Sour Cream Ginger Sugar Cookie bases are topped luscious cream cheese frosting, the crowned with Meyer lemon slices that have been candied so they glisten like yellow diamonds.  

Check out the recipe here.

MEYER LEMON SANDWICH COOKIES

Golden tart/sweet yellow Meyer lemon jam is sandwiched between tender lemony butter cookies, which are then Jackson-Pollock-drizzled with white chocolate for a wow of a cookie.

Created by creative chefs at Tutti Dolci. Check out the magnificent recipe here.

SERIOUSLY LEMONY LEMON BARS

These pucker-happy lemon bars by Emily Clifton, of Nerds with Knives, are aptly named. They are serious. And delicious.

Based on a Barefoot Contessa Lemon Bar recipe, with seriously kicked-up lemon, they totally hit our Beautiful Yellow lemon spot. And they are easy-peezy-lemon-breezy to make. Check out the recipe here.

LEMON SUGAR CREPES WITH WHIPPED CREAM CHEESE

If you are looking for a beautiful way to brighten up a Sunday morning brunch with Beautiful Yellow, here’s your answer! Check out these gorgeous Lemon Sugar Crepes with Whipped Cream Cheese, by Tieghan, of Half Baked Harvest.

TARTE AU CITRON MERINGUÉE

This is a beautiful spin on a classic lemon meringue pie, by Délices d’Orient. The Tarte au Citron Meringuée sports a shortbread base which holds a tangy lemon curd filling, all adorned with chic meringue sticks. Tres elegante! Check out the recipe here.

Adapted from Les Folles Tartes, by Christophe Felder. (La Martinière).

LEMON & ROSEWATER SPONGE CAKE

Here is a positively beautiful light lemon cake that gets a floral lift from rosewater. It’s so fragrant as well. It’s perfect for a springtime celebration of Beautiful Yellow!

Stephanie Henricks, of The Dessert Spoon, created this Lemon & Rosewater Sponge Cake recipe as a light alternative to chocolate “overload” -- not that we can even imagine what that might be ;). She uses edible dried roses to decorate. But we can see this prettified even more with some fresh unsprayed yellow rose petals.

Check out the recipe here.

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IMAGE CREDITS:

1. Photo by Neil Lloyd. Lemon Slice.
2. Photo: by Max Wiseltier. Lemon Soprano.
3. Photo: by Shira White. Lemon Soprano straight up.
4. Photo: by Max Wiseltier. Lazy Lemon Sunday.
5. Photo: by Max Wiseltier. Ramos Soprano Gin Fizz.
6. Photo: by Laura Davidson of Blogging Over Thyme. Pineapple Basil Rum Fizz.
7. Photo: by Willow Arlen of Will Cook For Friends. Grilled Pineapple & Jalapeno Mezcal Margarita.
8. Photo: by James Ransom. Courtesy of Food52. Meyer Lemon Focaccia, by deensiebat.
9. Photo & Cookies: By Lori Yates, of Foxes Love Lemons. Candied Meyer Lemon Cookies.
10. Image: Courtesy of Tutti Dolci. Meyer Lemon Sandwich Cookies.
11. Photo: by Matt Clifton, of Nerds with Knives. Seriously Lemony Lemon Bars, by Emily Clifton.
12. Photo: by Tieghan, of Half Baked Harvest. Lemon Sugar Crepes with Whipped Cream Cheese.
13. Photo: Courtesy of Délices d’Orient. Tarte au Citron Meringuée from Les Folles Tartes, by Christophe Felder.
14. Photo: by Stephanie Henricks of The Dessert Spoon. Lemon & Rosewater Sponge Cake.
15. Photo: by Kurtis Garbutt. Lemon.
16. Photo & Cookies: By Lori Yates, of Foxes Love Lemons. Candied Meyer Lemon Cookies.
17. Photo: Courtesy of Délices d’Orient. Tarte au Citron Meringuée, from Les Folles Tartes, by Christophe Felder.