{"id":1082,"date":"2010-01-29T20:30:14","date_gmt":"2010-01-30T03:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/?p=1082"},"modified":"2021-03-03T14:52:19","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T21:52:19","slug":"preserving-lemons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/?p=1082","title":{"rendered":"Preserving Lemons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Preserved lemons have many uses, but we primarily use them to prepare two Moroccan recipes: <a href=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/?p=864\">Chicken Tajine (aka Rotten Chicken)<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/?p=1017\">Chicken Tajine w\/Harissa, Artichokes, &amp; Grapes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1084\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1084\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/02-01-11_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1084\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/?attachment_id=1084\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/02-01-11_1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,750\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot G9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1296611146&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;7.4&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0166666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"02-01-11_1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Salting lemons&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/02-01-11_1-450x337.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1084\" title=\"02-01-11_1\" src=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/02-01-11_1-450x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/02-01-11_1-450x337.jpg 450w, https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/02-01-11_1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/02-01-11_1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1084\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Preserving lemons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><div class=\"hrecipe h-recipe jetpack-recipe\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Recipe\"><h3 class=\"p-name jetpack-recipe-title fn\" itemprop=\"name\">Preserving Lemons<\/h3><ul class=\"jetpack-recipe-meta\"><li class=\"jetpack-recipe-servings p-yield yield\" itemprop=\"recipeYield\"><strong>Servings: <\/strong>n\/a<\/li><li class=\"jetpack-recipe-time\">\n\t\t\t\t<time itemprop=\"totalTime\" datetime=\"30 min plus 4 week wait\"><strong>Time:<\/strong> <span class=\"time\">30 min plus 4 week wait<\/span><\/time>\n\t\t\t<\/li><li class=\"jetpack-recipe-difficulty\"><strong>Difficulty: <\/strong>medium<\/li><li class=\"jetpack-recipe-print\"><a href=\"#\">Print<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"jetpack-recipe-content\"><strong>Ingredients &amp; Equipment<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>6-12 lemons<\/li>\n<li>sea salt or kosher salt<\/li>\n<li>1 qt fruit jar w\/lid<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Directions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prepare preserved lemons 4 weeks ahead of need.<\/p>\n<p>Cut the ends off lemons.&nbsp; Placing lemons vertically on their ends, cut in quarters but not all the way through.&nbsp; Spread lemons open and cover with sea salt, inside and out (you can also use kosher salt).&nbsp; Place lemons in fruit jar, packing them down and adding more salt.<\/p>\n<p>Seal the jar and let sit at room temperature for a couple days. Turn the jar upside down occasionally. Put in refrigerator and let sit, again turning upside down occasionally, for 4 weeks, until lemon rinds soften.<\/p>\n<p>To use, remove desired number of lemons from the jar and rinse thoroughly to remove salt.<\/div><\/div><br \/>\nYou can store preserved lemons in your refrigerator for up to 6 months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preserved lemons have many uses, but we primarily use them to prepare two Moroccan recipes: Chicken Tajine (aka Rotten Chicken), and Chicken Tajine w\/Harissa, Artichokes, &amp; Grapes. You can store preserved lemons in your refrigerator for up to 6 months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[148,151],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous","category-technique"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pixFB-hs","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1082"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2561,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1082\/revisions\/2561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}