Preserved Lemons (Citrons Confits)
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 3
- Yields:
-
12 lemons
- Serves:
- 4-6
ingredients
- 10 -12 lemons
- 1⁄2 cup coarse salt
- olive oil, to fill
directions
- Slice each lemon to obtain nice rounds and put in a big bowl.
- Put the lemon juice, obtained by the slicing, aside in the refrigerator.
- Sprinkle coarse salt over the lemon slices, toss to mix well, cover with a clean cloth and let to marinate for about 10 to 12 hours.
- When the timing is over, rinse thoroughly, dry well and pack the lemon slices in sterilized jars.
- Distribute the lemon juice, kept in the refrigerator, equally in each jar filled with lemon slices.
- Cover with olive oil. It is of the utmost importance that the lemon slices are all covered by the oil.
- The preserved lemons prepared this way are ready to use after 2 weeks.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
I love Julia Child, Jehanne Benoit and Ricardo. In January 2019, I started a keto diet which turned into a lifestyle. Here, I am giving my preferred recipes with my occasional modifications. Most of them can be found on youtube and in other websites.