I swear someone's been leaving these lemons for me. I've been wanting to get some meyer lemons for some time. They originated from China and are a cross between a lemon and a mandarin orange. It has all the great lemon flavor and aroma with a sweet tart to them. This week someone left a basket of them in the break room at work. I collected them all week and I've got a nice bowl of them to work with.
When I find a treat like these I like to preserve them so I can enjoy them when they're not around. I've made lemon curd one year, and that was nice. But this year I decided to make preserved lemons.
I've only had preserved lemons once when I went to a Moroccan place. It came out in a little bowl with the roasted lamb and it was DELICIOUS! (You can bet there will be a blog with a Moroccan style lamb coming soon.) I've also seen recipes were preserved lemons are chopped and served mixed with vegetables.
I found a recipe on Epicurious.com and used that as my starting point. I made a Safi mix with cinnamon sticks, dried home grown pepper, cloves, and coriander seeds collected from last season. I sliced my lemons into quarters leaving it still attached to each other at the nipple and packed them with at least one heaping tablespoon of salt. I packed them into a sterilized jar and now all I have to do is wait for 3o days to cure.
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