Things to do with a glut of Lemons:

Make a Marmalade

500g lemons

1lt water

500g sugar

Chop up the fruit fairly finely. Save the pips and tie them in a muslin bag, or use a piece of a clean. Swipe cloth. Place the fruit in a pan, cover with water, and muslin bag and bring fro 20 min. Add sugar and stir to dissolve and boil again for 30min

Bottle insterillised.

Pickle The Problem:

1kg ripe lemons

120g coarse salt

125ml sugar

5ml cumin seeds

A generous grinding of black pepper

15ml mild curry powder

6cm piece of fresh root ginger, peeled and grated.

2 red chillies

Fresh lemon juice

Wash the fruit and slice into wedges mix salt sugar and spices together.

Into the base of a large preserving jar

Layer lemon wedges in the jar

Sprinkling each layer with spice mixture

Put the chillies on top and pour enough fresh lemon juice to cover completely. Seal and turn upside down. Store in a cool place.

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