I found this article a few months back. It got me really revved up to try and make a few of these pantry items for myself. At the same time, how many jars of preserved lemons does one need?

With that, I put out a call to any interested parties, and was able to recruit a couple friends to come help and then take home a share of the product.

Shauna was my trusty citrus chopper and Sarah also played an important role by looking up the recipes on the computer for us.

We made three things:

Vin d’Orange
Maple Vinegar
Preserved Lemons

I can’t tell you how they turned out yet, but they sure look pretty, don’t they?

Shauna making the kitchen smell citrus-y fresh!

Sarah, making sure we had filled the jars with the proper ingredients

Mixing the lemons in a whole lot of salt

Here they are packed into jars. Our friend had recommended that we cut them rather than leaving them mostly whole as the recipe instructed. He said they’re easier to use this way.

Our Vin d’Orange. I’m having work done in the basement right now and told the contractor to help himself to anything in the fridge. I forgot to warn him about this concoction and of course, this was the thing he decided to take a big swig of. I guess it does look really pretty and delicious, but it’s not ready yet! Such a shame…