Preserved Lemon Puree

Russell Bateman

Russell Bateman

3rd February 2011
Russell Bateman

Preserved Lemon Puree

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Preserved Lemon Puree

Ingredients

  • Preserved Lemon Puree
  • Lemon Confit
  • 15 lemons
  • 4 lemongrass Sticks
  • Salt
  • Sugar

Method

Blanch lemons 3 times cold to boiling.
Then bring to the boil with lemon grass.
Leave in the fridge for a minimum of 48 hours.
Separate into 1/4’s take out the centre’s put them into a pan.
With the skins having had the pith removed.
And cook it out until the pan is dry. Add the juice of 6 fresh lemons and blend with a spoon tip of Xanthum powder, until smooth then pass through a drum sieve adjusting seasoning where necessary.

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