Quick Pickled Lemons
Servings 12
Ingredients
- 1/2 mild red chilli deseeded and chopped
- 3 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 medium unwaxed lemon , halved lengthwise and thinly sliced
- 35 g (1.3 oz) caster sugar
- 1/2 tsp sea salt flakes
- 1 garlic clove crushed
- 1 tsp sweet paprika
- 1/4 tsp ground cumin
- 1/4 tsp ground turmeric
Instructions
- Crush together the chilli and 1 tbsp of lemon juice in a pestle and mortar into a paste.
- Transfer the paste and all the other ingredients into a large bowl and mix together well with your hands so that the flavours get massaged into the lemons.
- Cover the bowl and leave the lemons overnight in the fridge.
- Then transfer everything into a sterilized glass jar.
- It will store in the fridge for 2 weeks.
Notes
From Ottolenghi.