My new favorite dressing ingredient: preserved lemon paste

A couple of months ago I picked this up as an impulse buy. I have made preserved lemons a few times. And bought them as well. I like them but was never sure how to use them outside of explicitly Moroccan recipes.

I initially used this in Moroccan-esque dishes, but one day I had to make a last minute salad for a party. And made a dressing to make a plain salad more interesting.

This day I decided to blend up leftover herbs, garlic, olive oil. I had a lemon one wasn’t enough. I added vinegar and decided to throw a spoon of this paste to boost the lemon flavor as an experiment.

The dressing turned out super yummy and was a big hit with the guests.

So over the past few weeks I have been making as hoc dressings each week for my salad. With whatever spices and vinegars are calling to me. And I shake it up in a small jar for ease with olive oil and a bit of Dijon to emulsify.

Every dressing has been absolutely delicious and simple. And the preserved lemon covers the salt and the citrus components in the dressing. Try it! It makes it super easy to build a tasty and unique dressing. You can just do lemon paste, olive oil, pepper, red wine vinegar, and a bit of honey as needed for your palette. And shake it all up for a simple homemade dressing. Adding Greek or Italian seasoning is yummy too. If you are really ambitious, onion and/or garlic in any form would be delicious.

I also made a similar yogurt dip. https://www.nyshuk.com/labane

Also amazing.