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Preserved Lemons

Preserved Lemons, eat well on universal credit

We’re running out of Preserved Lemons. Oh no!

There’s an easy fix. Make some more. There is some interesting Biochemistry  here but I’m guessing not many folk are interest in that. In simple terms Lactobacillus Bacteria are the only thing on the earth which can tolerate this level of Salt. They work by digesting Sugars / Carbohydrates and converting them into Lactic Acid and Carbon Dioxide.

Ingredients:-

Lemons
Salt and more Salt!
A Kilner type Jar

Method:-

(1) Top and tail your Lemons. Please ensure that they are un-waxed. Waxed Lemons will work, but as we don’t know what wax was used it might not be very good for you.
(2) Chop the Lemons into 8ths. Don’t worry about the pips.
(3) You want about 1/3 weight of Salt compared to the Lemons. Add this to the jar.
(4) Give it all a good shake and clip the lid down.
(5) Pop in a cupboard for 4 months and once do it will outlive you and still be good!

The end produce looks dreadful but if you’ve eating in a Mediterranean restaurant you’ve almost certainty eat Preserved Lemons. The Acidity and Saltiness add a real punch to all sorts of dishes.

Interesting the smell at the coast is caused by Lactobacillus Bacteria digesting stranded Seaweed and releasing Dimethyl Sulphide as a bi-product.

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Chick in the Hole - It’s Yorkshire Pudding Day!

There’s a tale behind this odd recipe…. I found a medium Chicken in Lidl at £2.19 which we roasted the other evening. The Dal dish we ended up making really didn’t need Rice or Chicken with it, so we had cold roasted Chicken in the fridge. Sage goes well with Chicken (Think Sage & Onion shuffing), there’s a Sage bush down the road and we’ve done quite a few versions of Toad in the hole.

So the “Chick in the Hole with Sage batter and Wholegrain Mustard gravy” experiment started! This is probably our favourite Gluten free Yorkshire Pudding combo so far……

Ingredients for the giant Yorkshire Pudding batter:-

100g Cornflour
150ml Milk
3 eggs
Salt & fresh ground Black Pepper
Finely chopped fresh Sage leaves

Method:-

(1) Remove the Chicken meat and cut into large pieces, removing the bones from the thighs but leaving the skin on.
(2) Pre-heat the oven to 220c, add oil or lard to a large tray and place in the oven.
(3) Whisk tall the ingredients for the batter several time to get as much air into it as possible.
(4) When the oil / lard is smoking remove the tray from the oven and arrange the cooked Chicken on the tray but slightly away from the sides.
(5) quickly pour your batter mix around the Chicken and return to the oven.
(6) Cook for 30 to 35 minutes until the Yorkshire Pudding has risen and is golden brown.

We really enjoyed this with some stir fried vegetables, roast Potatoes and Wholegrain Mustard gravy.

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