Wednesday 28 March 2012

lemony ideas

I love anything with lemon flavour, desserts, limonchello, quartered and juice squeezed onto fish and of course preserved lemon in Moroccon dishes. We have a never ending supply of lemons with our lovely old tree in our garden. Half a preserved lemon chopped finely is lovely stirred through a dish of chicken thigh meat (chop them into 3 bits), chunks of potatoes, pumpkin, onion and a little chopped fresh oregano (or dried oregano), spray a little olive oil over all the ingredients, season and roast at 200degrees for about 30-40 minutes, turn pieces over about 1/2 way through cooking. Delicious! Lemon tart is a real favourite of mine, I have a lovely recipe which is so easy to make and never fails to please my guests. I found it online
Lazy Mary's Lemon tart -1 large Meyer lemon cut into 8 pieces, 1 & 1/2 cups castor sugar, 1 stick of butter, 1tsp vanilla, 4 eggs, whizz in a blender and pour into a cooked tart shell, bake 40 minutes at 350 degrees until set, watch it closely and cover it with tinfoil if needed to stop it from burning- really delicious.