Moroccan Preserved Lemons
"A North African accent for a variety of dishes, from tagines and couscous to a garnish on a wood fire oven pizza.
Thin-skinned Meyer lemons recommended, though Eureka works well, too. Kosher salt makes a good choice as it dissolves easier.
Your jar of preserved lemons may or may not be kept refrigerated."
photo by BarbryT
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 2
- Yields:
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1 jar
ingredients
- 6 -8 meyer lemons (as many as will fit in your jar)
- kosher salt
directions
- Wash lemons well.
- Be sure to have a jar big enough for the lemons to fit. Put a couple tablespoons of salt in the bottom of the jar.
- Holding over a plate to catch the juice, make four deep longitudinal cuts, evenly spaced, in each lemon. Keep ends attached.
- Or quarter the lemons keeping stem end intact.
- Pack salt liberally into cuts.
- Pack lemons into jar tightly, helping to press out some juice and sprinkling thin layer of salt over each layer of lemons. Top with final layer of salt.
- Add juice from the plate.
- Cover jar tightly and leave at room temperature for a few days, watching level of juice. Lemons should be covered in their own juice, if not, add more lemon juice.
- They'll be ready to eat in a few weeks and can keep for up to a year.
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I enjoy making my own condiments and this one was truly easy. We'll see how they turn out in a few weeks. I'm giving 5 stars on faith.
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A Canadian citizen, I really have no permanant home as of now. Raised by missionary parents and now on a missions program with my husband, I've been all over Europe, though not to every country, yet!
Its been fun figuring out what I can do with the native groceries...once I've figured out what they all are:) Fortunately they don't differ too much throughout Europe.
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I am fascinated by each culture's food traditions. I always thought I was half-way brave when it came to trying out different dishes until I saw an old "Bizarre Foods - Phillippines". Wow.
I haven't posted many recipes because I realised I don't measure out everything the same way each time and so don't have many recipes that are precise enough to post. I sure enjoy trying all yours!
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I've been able to find EVERYthing I need here on Zaar. Where I live now, I can hardly get anything, so I have to make everything from scratch. (I mean non-essentials like pancake syrup, guacamole, papier mache glue, bbq sauce, etc)
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