Preserved Lemons

Name: Preserved Lemons
Ingredients: 12 Meyer, lemons (4 whole, scrubbed and dried, 8 juiced to yield 1 1/2 cups), plus extra juice if needed; 1/2 cup Diamond Crystal, kosher salt

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By Suzannah McFerran ･ Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 2015, America's Test Kitchen TV

Lemons that have been preserved in salt have a bright citrus flavor, balanced by brininess and sourness, that can add depth and nuance to all sorts of dishes, perhaps most famously to Moroccan tagines.

SERVES Makes 4 lemons

TIME 25 minutes, plus 6 weeks preserving

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