Preserved Lemons
"for gift giving -- jar can stay in refrigerator for up to 6 months. Makes 1 1/2 cups with a serving size of about 1 tablespoon to be used as a condiment to be used with savory dishes. Recipe source: Bon Appetit (April, 2008)"
Original is 20 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (88 g)
- Calories 34.1
- Total Fat - 1.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.2 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 2831 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 7.1 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.1 g
- Sugars - 1.9 g
- Protein - 0.8 g
- Calcium - 21.7 mg
- Iron - 0.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 40.5 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Cut a small slice from the end of each of the 8 lemons so they can stand upright and then cut each lemon lengthwise into quarters, cutting to but not through the opposite end. Sprinkle 1 teaspoon kosher salt into each lemon. Place the lemons in a bowl and sprinkle with the remaining kosher salt, juice , water and olive oil. Let stand, partially covered, at room temperature for 2 days, stirring occasionally and pressing to extract juice form lemons.
Step 2
Cover, refrigerate for 3 weeks; stirring occasional and pressing to extract juice from lemons.
Step 3
Rinse the lemons the remove the seeds and white pith; chop the peel. Place chopped peel in a bowl and cover and refrigerate for up to 6 months.
Tips
No special items needed.
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