Preserved Lemons - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    2 1/2 - 3 lbs lemons (10 to 12)
    2/3 cup coarse salt
    1/4 cup olive oil
Preparation
    Blanch 6 lemons in boiling water 5 minutes.
    When cool enough to handle, cut lemons into 8 wedges each and discard seeds.
    Toss with salt in a bowl and pack into jar.
    Squeeze enough juice from remaining lemons to measure 1 cup.
    Add enough juice to cover lemons and cover jar with lid.
    Let stand at room temperature, shaking gently once a day, 5 days.
    Add oil and chill.
    Preserved lemons keep, chilled, up to 1 year.

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