Thursday, 4 September 2025

visual recipe: salted lemons / preserved lemons

lemons salt & olive oil

remove the pedicel

cut in half almost through the blossom end

then in quarters

again not all the way through

open one way and fill with salt

the turn 90 degrees and fill again

give is a jiggle to remove excessive salt

place in kilner jar

repeat pack them in

until its full with an inch spare at the top

fill with olive oil & place a gauze in the top

leave a bit of space between gauze and top of oil

this is a 950ml kilner took 6 lemons

salted lemons - leave for at least 4 weeks



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