This is dead easy but it looks so impressive and is such a fun foodie present I think. The trickiest part is finding a nice kilner jar to put the lemons in that is not a massive rip-off. The best option I found was actually this jar from the Sainsbury’s website – a 2ltr glass clip-top jar for £4 and you can go and pick it up from the shop which saves on postage (the big problem when ordering such a heavy thing online).
So to fit a 2ltr jar I used:
16 unwaxed lemons
250g salt
A mug of water
A few bay leaves
A few peppercorns
Two star anise
1) Chop the lemons in half and deeply score a cross into each half with a knife.
2) Pack the lemons with the salt
3) Put into the jar with all the rest of the ingredients and any remaining salt
4) Shake it up
They’re great in middle eastern dishes and tagines but apparently you can use them for a lot of things that require fresh lemons- like putting lemons inside your chicken before you roast it. So that’s quite handy. I’d be quite interested to try slices of preserved lemons in a gin and tonic but perhaps that would be unbearably salty and repellent. It sounds kind of amazing though. Am I right?!
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