Lemon Confit

The confit lemon is an ingredient that can make a huge difference in your cooking. 

Very well known especially in the North Africa and mostly in Morocco where they use it a lot. 
It goes really well with Chicken and Fish and gives an incredible taste to roasts but also to breads and sweet dishes as well. 

Of course we only use bio lemons to make it and especially the ones that have a thin skin. At this time of the year lemons are bountiful and it is easy to find unsprayed lemons to use them for this recipe.

We keep them in a brine in the fridge and they can last in there for a year. We make a lot especially if we have the space for them. 

Afterwards the only thing that we use is actually just the skin. The rest we discard. And the skin must be washed thoroughly for the extra saltiness to go away. 

A very simple recipe that does not even need to be written but I will...

Also I made a video for the recipe that you can see bellow. 

Actually you can see two vids.. subtle differences in the colour and music... Let me know which one you prefer. 

 

 

 

Diffuculty: 1 of 3
Duration:20 minutes prep and 2 months wait
Serves:an army

Ingredients

Bio lemons

Coarse salt

Spices of our liking

 

Method

We prepare a few empty vases.

If we want we can cut off the ends of the lemons (I do not bother).

Cut the lemon in a cross manner but not till the end of the lemon. We want it whole. 

Fill the gap with coarse salt and place them in the jar. 

Ever so often we compact them in the jar using our fingers or a wooden spoon. We try to fit as many as possible in the jar.

As we press them they exude some of their juice and in the end we juice some extra lemons and fill the jars with lemon juice. 

Add the spices that we like.

Cover and keep in the fridge for atleast 2 months and up to a year.

 

 

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