Recipe: Yummy Preserved limes

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Preserved limes. Cut off ends and upend on a cut side. Preserved lime is excellent for cooking. Ancient fruit; lime is one of the most important ingredients in Khmer cuisine, fresh lime juice make great refreshment drinks and desserts.

Preserved limes I've had them fermenting on the kitchen counter for a few weeks and The finished limes are nicely softened and have that same intoxicating salty tang that preserved lemons. We bought a bottle of preserved limes at our local supermarket and tried it at home. When I say this I'm not exaggerating but, seriously, my girl's sore throat was pretty much not only soothed right away. You can have Preserved limes using 5 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Preserved limes

  1. Prepare 46 oz of Jar sterilized.
  2. You need 3 large of limes.
  3. You need 4 medium of limes.
  4. It's 1 cup of salt more if needed.
  5. Prepare 2 1/2 cup of lime juice.

I have preserved lemons, chillies and limes for many years now and have kept to the above mentioned method. Great in tagines and lemon rice and citrus cous cous yummy! The uses are many, and preserved limes bring a taste of North Africa, particularly Morocco to our tables. Dana jokes that I will preserve just about anything I can lift.

Preserved limes step by step

  1. Wash and dry the limes. Dont allow any water in this recipe. Slice the limes top to bottom into quarters, but not cut all the way through..
  2. Use you finger and thumb to squeeze top and bottom of lime, and pour salt into slit..
  3. Fill the jar with limes I was able to get 3 large 4 medium into jar. Add 2 tablespoons of salt and all the lime juice you can. make sure the limes are covered with the juice..
  4. Let sit with lid on undisturbed for 1 month. You can let it do this in a cool dry place or in the refrigerator. Will last 1 year. Refrigerate after opening.

There`s not a lot to drying limes. Preserved lemons bring bright notes of citrus, vibrant saltiness and muted, complex tartness to your cooking. They gain their characteristic flavor through long, slow fermentation, and it's this traditional. Preserved Limes - Indian Style is a community recipe submitted by Edda and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe. Briny bites of preserved lime brighten the flavor of sweet roasted beets in this main-dish salad.