Emma MacDonald

Moroccan Preserved Lemons

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Preparation info
  • Makes:

    6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      30 min

Appears in
The Art of Preserving: Ancient techniques and modern inventions to capture every season in a jar
The Art of Preserving

By Emma MacDonald

Published 2021

  • About

Expensive to buy, yet so simple to make, Moroccan preserved lemons are an essential ingredient in authentic chicken and lamb tagines. They add an appetizing sweet and sour taste that also works well in salads.

Ingredients

  • 6 lemons
  • 6 tbsp coarse salt
  • 2 red chillies

Method

  1. Sterilize a 1 l/34 fl oz preserving jar so that it is ready to use.
  2. Cut the lemons lengthways as if cutting them into quarters, but lea