Our 15 Favorite Meyer Lemon Recipes (2024)

Update the classic dense, buttery upside-down cake with a bright, sweet-tart candied lemon topping and the fine crunch of cornmeal.

Recipe: Meyer Lemon Cornmeal Upside-Down Cake

Our Test Kitchen tasters declared this might be their favorite scrambled egg recipe ever, thanks to the flavorful combination of three robust cheeses and a vibrant sauce, along with the smart cooking techniques for keeping the eggs moist.

Recipe: Scrambled Eggs with Meyer Lemon Salsa Verde

This recipe goes with the Scrambled Eggs with Meyer Lemon Salsa Verde, but we love it with everything from sandwiches to steaks. Recipe: Meyer Lemon Salsa Verde

Talk about a celebration-worthy dish. Meyer lemon’s gentle tang and floral quality couldn’t be a better partner for sweet Dungeness crab, and the sparkling wine brings it all together.

Recipe: Crab Pasta with Prosecco and Meyer Lemon Sauce

Meyer lemons get used twice in this early spring salad, squeezed for the silky dressing and sliced paper-thin to tuck into the greens.

Recipes:

Lettuce Snap Pea Salad with Meyer Lemon Cream

Meyer Lemon Cream Salad Dressing

It’s worth it to make your own preserved lemons or track them down from the store so you can add their salty-tangy complexity to this Moroccan braised dish.

Recipes:

Chicken with Preserved Meyer Lemon and Olives

Speedy Preserved Meyer Lemons

Puréed whole lemons, cooked first to soften them, give this almond-flecked torte loads of flavor.

Recipe: Meyer-Lemon Cake

Meyer lemon zest, rubbed under the chicken’s skin and inside its cavity, perfumes the bird as it roasts, and a squeeze of juice balances the sweetness of the roasted shallots in the sauce.

Recipe: Roast Chicken with Meyer Lemon Shallot Sauce

Just three ingredients go into this ultra-easy glaze, yet the complexity and shine it adds to ham make the dish company-worthy.

Recipe: Baked Ham with Sticky Meyer Lemon Glaze

A bit of toasted sesame oil adds an unexpected touch to this classic combination.

Recipe: Meyer Lemon-Crab Salad

Set out the seafood and dunk sauce as a party appetizer, or pack them up on a picnic, as one reviewer suggests.

Recipe: Poached Shrimp with Meyer Lemon Ginger Sauce

Any variety of oyster would be excellent with this tangy, spicy salsa.

Recipe: Oysters on the Half Shell with Chile, Cilantro, and Meyer Lemon Salsa

For an easy upgrade on steamed green beans, flavor fresh bread crumbs with a touch of Meyer lemon zest and create a quick dressing with the citrus juice.

Recipe: Green Beans with Crisp Meyer Lemon Bread Crumbs

Limonana, or mint lemonade, the national drink of Israel, gets a Western spin in Mad About Meyer Lemons by Napa author-illustrator A. Cort Sinnes (Alfred Cort Sinnes, 2016).

Recipe: Meyer Lemon Limonana