Preserved lemons, four jars every October

Salt, lemons, patience, and a jar you have to turn every day for a week. They last a year and they change everything they touch.

Rcp lemon 1
Category Preserves
Time 20 min, then 6 weeks
Makes Four 500 ml jars
Season October
Card No. 021
All Recipes

Quarter the lemons almost to the base, pack them with coarse salt, force them into the jar hard enough that they release their own juice. Top up with more lemon juice, never water.

Turn the jar every day for a week, then leave it on the shelf and forget it until December.

What goes wrong

Waxed lemons. Scrub them in hot water first or the peel tastes of candle.