Get the most juice from a lime

Limes are different from lemons, and if you cut them straight through the middle into quarters, they are hard to juice by hand, e.g. for a cocktail or a guacamole. (Pretty slices and segments are another story. This is just for juicing.)

This is how I do it. It's kind of like rough cutting an apple into pieces around the core. I'm not a huge fan of food porn step by step photos, but this is much easier to show than to tell, so I put 3 photos below.

Full credit for this should go to something I once read on the internet. If that was yours, then a) I bow down before you and b) please let me know so I can credit you. 

Cut a lime to get the most juice

What I'm calling the 'core' is the bit between the stem and the blossom end, runs vertically down through the fruit, and is full of connective tissue and fibre.

1. Cut a slice straight through the lime but to one side of the core. Put this slice aside and continue. 
2. Take the bigger 'half' and put it cut side up. Again, cut straight down to one side of the core. You have two pieces plus the one you already set aside.
3. Take the bigger of the two pieces and yet again cut straight down to one side of the core. 

You should have 4 pieces

• 1 flat slice (from step 1)
• 2 matching-but-opposite sort of wedges
• 1 thick segment with the core

Now juice away!

step 1 

step 2

step 3