Galego Lemon at Graça Market

Açores

The Galician lemon has the shape of a lemon but the color of a tangerine. Common in the Azores, it may have resulted from a graft between a lemon tree and a tangerine tree. It is widely used in cooking, especially in fish seasoning.

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