Preserved lemons

Preserved lemons are really handy to have around. They’re great in salad dressing, tagines and essential for chermoula. It’s much more economical to make your own too. In my neighbourhood, a bag of lemons will set you back $2 but a jar of preserved lemons is $20!

You will need

• A jar
• A bag of lemons about the same size as the jar
• rock salt
• peppercorns
• bay leaves

To make

Put a couple of bay leaves and a tsp of peppercorns in the bottom of the jar. Rinse the lemons and quarter them (use small thin-skinned lemons). Push them into the jar, putting a good dose of salt over each layer. Continue this until the jar is full and packed tightly. Fill up the jar with slightly cooled boiled water and put the lid on tight. Put it in a dark place for around a month and there you go!

I’ll post photos of them when they’re done :)

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