Made 2023-01-23

What to do with preserved lemons

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/apr/11/what-else-are-preserved-lemons-good-for-kitchen-aide

  • Add to dressings, dips, salads, stews and Sunday roasts
  • Remove the pips, blitz, decant into an ice-cube tray and freeze
  • Salad dressing: add olive oil, herbs, season
  • Mix with olive oil and seasoning to pour over a roast
  • Add to a chilled jug of homemade lemonade: blitz the frozen lemon with mint, fresh lime juice and sugar, then add soda water.
  • Chop them very thinly (until paste-like) and add to curries, traybakes, guacamole, pasta sauces.
  • Incorporate chopped lemon into duplins, salsas (along with herbs and chili).
  • Dip: blend cooked peas or butter beans with garlic, mint and preserved lemon, then trickle in olive oil, season and top with quick-pickled radish and some crumbled feta.
  • Dairy dip: cucumber, yogurt, preserved lemon, some dill.
  • Sweet: blend preserved lemons with Greek yogurt, vanilla, fresh lemon juice and zest, then add to the batter for lemon meringue cake.