Preserved Lemons (Citrons Confits) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

10 -12 lemons
1/2 cup coarse salt
olive oil, to fill

Preparation

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.