Ingredients for 4 servings
- I have explained to you several times the origins of the Lemon but today since we are in full season, I will tell you a little about one of our national sources of pride that I mentioned.
- Already we find traces of it in the 17th century, at the time patrimony of the Principality of Monaco.
- Besides, Prince Louis 1st appointed a magistrate to legislate on it by managing the harvesting and sale.
- At that time, "Citrus farming" was already the largest economic activity in Menton, imagine we are talking about 9 to 10,000 tons produced per year.
- Except that from the second half of the 19th century came terrible plagues such as "Mal Secco" followed by the terrible frost of 1956 which decimated most of the plantations.
- Now we harvest about 50 tons of this magnificent lemon.
- Besides, to obtain the IGP appellation, the specifications are as follows I quote.
- 1) This lemon must be grown in the orchards in the municipalities of Menton, Roquebrune Cap Martin, Castellar, and Gorbio.
- 2) The lemon trees must be spaced at least 4 meters apart.
- 3) The fruits must ripen on the tree, then picked by hand and undergo no treatment after harvest.
- It is only after passing through
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