Valerie Bertinelli's Lemon Lovers' Recipes

This branzino is baked in a mixture of olive oil, salt, and pepper, and is topped with a gremolata and slices of lemons and oranges. 

Valerie doctors up boxed lemon cake mix and instant lemon pudding with a layer of creamy ricotta and mascarpone to create her famous Lemon Love Cake.

Layer lemon-cheesecake filling with blueberry mash, crushed amaretti cookies and lemon curd in a clear martini glass for a visually stunning dessert.

Valerie uses her lemon-rosemary shortbread cookies as the crust in this cheesecake recipe, which includes cream cheese, sour cream, lemon curd and fresh lemon for extra tang.

Lemon curd and limoncello bring a bright flavor to this classic Italian dessert making it perfect for warm weather entertaining.

These super-elegant desserts are inexpensive and incredibly easy to make. Valerie makes hers with the fresh flavors of lemon and basil, and she adds a splash of vodka for kick.

The light, eggy quality of challah bread pairs perfectly with the lemony custard in this indulgent bread pudding.

You only need four ingredients (lemons, vodka, water and sugar) to make limoncello at home. With a bit of patience you'll have a drink that's better than store-bought.

This classic Greek chicken soup is thickened with eggs and flavored with lemon juice. A touch of dill adds a nice herbal note.

This simple appetizer starts with frying pancetta slices, which top homemade arugula-lemon pesto spread on toasted slices of baguette.

Valerie's Moscow Mule recipe uses her homemade limoncello. Vodka and ginger beer round out the drink.

Update your fruit salad by soaking berries in a shot of limoncello and garnishing with fresh basil.

Valerie's quick and easy potato salad is tossed in a lemon-and-Dijon mustard vinaigrette and can be served warm or at room temperature.

For a triple citrus kick try this cocktail made with lemon vodka, limoncello and orange liqueur. Valerie rims the glasses in citrus zest and sugar.

Lemon juice and zest add zing to this simple blueberry cake in the batter and the cream.