Skip to main content
Snack

Pickled Tahiti Limes

A pickled lime preparation from Suriname using limes, salt, cloves, and vinegar.

From the Recipes Wiki (Fandom) · 4 ingredients
Jump to recipe ↓

Why it works: Lime and clove match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 909 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Pickled Tahiti Limes

Time2–3 weeks

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the limes

  1. Grate the skin from the limes.

  2. Wash the limes in water.

  3. Let the limes stand in hot water for 3 days (and nights).

  4. Refresh the water daily by pouring hot water again.

  5. Make a cross‑like cut at the underside of the fruits.

  6. Salt the limes and insert a clove through the cut.

Jar and cure

  1. Place the limes in a cleaned jar (cleaned with boiling water).

  2. Sprinkle salt on the bottom and between the layers of limes.

  3. Ensure the top layer is covered entirely with salt.

  4. Shake the jar daily until all the salt is dissolved.

  5. Add vinegar and let stand until a thick syrup is formed in the jar.

  6. This can take 2–3 weeks.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

21Calories
0 gProtein
0 gFat
5 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

Recipe from the Recipes Wiki (Fandom).

Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Lime + clovetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together909 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Clove + vinegartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,386 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Lime + vinegartop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,044 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Tahiti limes
Provide the fruit and aromatic peel that the pickle is built around.
Salt
Draws moisture out of the limes and helps preserve them as they cure.
Vinegar
Adds acidity that preserves the fruit and sharpens its flavour.
Clove
Adds warm, aromatic spice flavour that infuses the fruit during curing.

The step that matters

Shake the jar daily until all the salt is dissolved. Salt must fully dissolve and spread through the layers so the limes cure evenly; undissolved salt left on top can leave pockets of uneven preservation and texture.

Swap the lime

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (clove, vinegar):

  1. Quincefits better
  2. Cherryfits better
  3. Plumfits better
  4. Limethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against clove, vinegar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

You might also like

FrittersFritters56 recipesCrisp CrackersCrisp Crackers7 recipes