How to Use calamansi in a Sentence

calamansi

noun
  • The sauce for the duck a l’orange, bright with bergamot and calamansi, is sticky and glossy.
    — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
  • This action just means that the plant is about to produce calamansi fruit.
    — Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Turn off heat and garnish with scallions and slices of fresh calamansi or lemon.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2021
  • This plant produces calamansi fruit that can be used for baked goods, jams, fruit preserves, and making drinks.
    — Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2023
  • There’s a trickle of vinegar and lemon in lieu of calamansi, but salt is in ascendance.
    — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 5 July 2018
  • Less sugar, no high fructose corn syrup, and fun flavors like guava and calamansi.
    — Kate Kassin, Bon Appétit, 7 May 2024
  • Along with beer and wine, the Magna team is playing around with some house pandan and calamansi lime sodas.
    — Michael Russell, oregonlive.com, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Meyer lemon, yuzu, calamansi, and any kind of orange shine in this preparation.
    — Asha Loupy, Bon Appétit, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Recipes might include sluices of soy sauce and calamansi and toppings of shrimp heads, quail eggs, shucked oysters or chicharron.
    — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Sour, tangy notes are a result of vinegars like palm and coconut, as well as calamansi, the country’s hybrid of sour orange and lime.
    — Amanda Albee, Dallas News, 6 Mar. 2020
  • Sporting a slight char, these typically come with a dipping ramekin of simply salt, pepper and a whole calamansi.
    — Dan Q. Dao, Chron, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Sit outside or reserve their private room for up to 10 people, and don't miss drinks mixed with flavors like ube and calamansi juice.
    — Shaan Merchant, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 May 2022
  • Other beverages include a strawberry mint calamansi drink, a leche flan shake and an ube-Oreo shake.
    — Emma Balter, Chron, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Upon order, the slices are warmed in a bistek braising liquid — soy sauce, calamansi juice and onions — before hitting the flat-top.
    — Washington Post, 16 June 2021
  • Turkey legs will be marinated with lemongrass, ginger, fish sauce and calamansi.
    — Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com, 9 Nov. 2020
  • Or the signature mocktail, a calamansi mojito, for a savory and sweet finish.
    — Alissa Fitzgerald, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • The meats are marinated in soy sauce, garlic, banana ketchup, calamansi and brown sugar, according to staff.
    — Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The meats are marinated in soy sauce, garlic, banana ketchup, calamansi and brown sugar, according to staff.
    — Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
  • This tart-sweet marmalade delivers the complex flavor of calamansi—a fruit that’s like lime, kumquat and tangerine all in one—grown on Oahu.
    — Aleksandra Crapanzano, WSJ, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Sprinkle the fish inside and out with salt, then stuff its cavity with the calamansi rinds and remaining habanero and Fresno chiles.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2019
  • Stir in the calamansi juice, garlic, pepper and ketchup until well incorporated.
    — Bonnie S. Benwick, sacbee, 29 Aug. 2017
  • Stir in the calamansi juice, garlic, pepper, and ketchup until well incorporated.
    — Philly.com, 24 Aug. 2017
  • My favorite way to drink Agua de Piedra is to fill a thin-walled glass with a few ice cubes, add a hefty splash of calamansi or yuzu juice, and then pour the water to the brim.
    — Khushbu Shah, Bon Appétit, 10 Mar. 2025
  • For a vegan pancit, thin soba noodles cradle lacy spinach and slivers of oyster mushrooms flavored with garlic, calamansi and flecks of chile crunch.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Today’s boom puts the spotlight on flavors like lychee and calamansi; chic, colorful packaging; and brands from first-time entrepreneurs.
    — Kate Kassin, Bon Appétit, 7 May 2024
  • Recently, her Bluefin tuna crudo was spiked with a nearly electric calamansi vinegar and blood orange vinaigrette.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
  • Their heritage is reflected in their baked goods, like the deep purple ube cupcake with leche frosting and a mini flan on top, calamansi bars and itsumi yuzu cupcake.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Gildings of lemon confit and calamansi gastrique amplify the acidity more than the sweetness, but not to distraction.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2023
  • Beet salad, jumbo shrimp, roasted oysters and lemongrass chicken are just some of the menu’s offerings, with a calamansi mousse or chocolate cremeux for dessert.
    — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The 30-seat restaurant has an outdoor bar and small tables arranged around a live calamansi citrus tree (its tart-sweet fruit is used in several dishes and drinks).
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025

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