Best Yuzu

Finding the Best Yuzu: Our Taste Tests & A Recipe!

Let’s talk yuzu!

This citrus fruit from Asia looks like a grapefruit (round and yellowish, but smaller), but tastes like a combination of lemon, mandarin orange and lime—with floral aroma notes.

Originally from China, yuzu is also grown in both Korea and Japan. In researching (and testing) yuzu, we noticed most of the brands sold in the US are from Japan. 

FYI: Most yuzu is pasteurized, although we found one brand processed here in the US that isn’t pasteurized.

Yuzu can be used as a substitute for lemon juice in dressings, desserts, cocktails, with fish and seafood dishes.

To test yuzu, we mixed the juice into salad dressing. In fact, here is the recipe we followed!

Recipe: Yuzu Vinaigrette

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp yuzu
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1 tsp honey
• 1 tsp dijon mustard
• 1 tsp kosher salt
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• juice from a lemon wedge
• optional: 1tbsp sunny tahini

Directions:

Whisk the vinaigrette together in a bowl!

Recipe and photo credit: The Yuzu Co.

Here are the winners of our yuzu taste tests:

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