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How to make preserved lemons
Photo: Ernest Porzi

How to make preserved lemons

5 ingredients 30 min Makes 2x500ml/18fl oz jars openrecipes

Fragrant, strongly flavoured preserved lemons are well worth the wait. You can use a tiny bit each time stirred through mashed potato to serve with fish, mixed into rice for prawn curry, or in a tagine for authentic Moroccan flavour.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

20
Calories
1g
Protein
0g
Fat
6g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 4 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 10-15 unwaxed lemons
  • 250g/9oz flaky sea salt
  • 2 cinnamon
  • 2 dried red chillies
  • 4 bay leaves (optional)

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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