Preserved Lemons

Ingredients

  • 4-5 Meyer lemons cut into pieces w/skin on
  • 2 1/2 tsp of salt for a pint sized jar

Directions

Put a layer of lemon pieces into the jar and sprinkle some of the salt on top of them, repeat, with a layer of lemons then the salt till the jar is full, then push down the lemons in the jar to squeeze out some of the juice and keep adding lemons with salt sprinkled on top till you have added and pushed down the lemons till the juice is completely covering the lemons in the jar. Then put a lid on and seal well. Turn the jar upside down after 12 hours. Then turn right side up and repeat this for a week. Then store in a cool place and after a few weeks they are ready and can stay good for months.