Hi! I'm Erica from FarmSteady and today we're making Preserved Meyer Lemons.
Preserved lemons were one of those mystery ingredients to me.
Their flavor is such a surprise:
Salty, savory, and super lemony but without the sharp acidity.
And the peels soft enough that you can actually eat them in a dish,
without feeling like you were biting into a lemon rind,
Making preserved lemons was also a surprise because it's just like making kraut or any other
lacto-fermented vegetable. All you need is: lemons, salt and time.
And because lemons come packed with their own juice the bine is already started for you.
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But let's get started preserving these lemons.
For this recipe you'll need 10 to 12 Meyer lemons
1 cup salt
and a teaspoon of black peppercorns
trim the ends of each lemon and then cut an "x" almost all the way down but leaving one end connected
Perfect. Now repeat for all lemons.
We like using Meyer lemons because the skins are really thin and it ferments faster
but you can use regular lemons in this recipe too
just ferment on the longer end of that range
Add about a half-inch of salt to the bottom of your fermenter
and then let's start layering these lemons in.
you want to take them and add a tablespoon of salt into it and then just rub it all together
Adding the salt directly to the lemon
helps pull out all the lemon juice which is going to make up most of your brine
In between layers sprinkle a tablespoon of salt and some of your peppercorns
keep going with all the lemons
some more salt, some more peppercorns
Add your fermentation weight and push down pretty hard
t o start forcing all that lemon juice out of the lemons
now top with a cup of water
top with your lid and airlock
and ferment away
After fermenting for four to eight weeks you'll want to transfer these into the fridge to store.
This recipe calls for a lot of salt so before using you're going to give your lemons a quick rinse.
Discard any of the innards and then slice the peel really thinly and add it to any dish to make it truly magical.
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Happy fermenting!
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