MxMO – Preserves Addendum

Since this month the theme was preserves I made two preserved ingredients to use. I needed to have preserves to use, but I am not one for the whole canning thing and didn’t have a canning rig sitting around.  Instead, I opted to use a freezer jam to preserve some flavors from berries and a fake Moroccan preserved lemon. Here are the recipes.

Freezer Berry jam

Ingredients

  • 2 Cups Berries
  • 1 Cup Sugar (I’ve seen recipes with up to 4 cups of sugar. Too sweet for me)
  • Juice of Half a lemon
  • Zest of half a lemon
  • 1oz Fruit pectin

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Step 1) Add two cups of berries to a sauce pan

 

Step 2) Mash the berries a little bit so the texture is not overly chunky.

Mash

Step 3) Over a low heat, add the sugar, lemon juice, and lemon zest.

Mmmm Jam

Mmmm Jam

Step 4) Stir and let the mixture come to a quick simmer to break down some of the berries.

Step 5) Allow the mixture to cool and add the fruit pectin.

Step 6) Pour into a freezer safe container and place in freezer.

Faux Moroccan Preserved Lemons

Classic Moroccan lemon preserves take at least three weeks to dessicate and cure. I had less than a week.  Instead of pure salt packing, I used a bunch of lemon juice and salt to facilitate the idea here.

Lemon Cutting

Step 1) Almost quarter a few lemons leaving them intact at the heel.

Lemon Salting

Step 2) Rub the interior of these lemons with a bunch of salt.

Lemons

Step 3) Juice a bunch of other lemons, add more salt, and cover the lemons with the salted lemon juice.

Step 4) Let sit at room temperature until ready for use.