Lemons & Limes With Vinegar & Salt Brine
This recipe gives you fruit to use in recipes, drinks or cut up and eat. The plus is a citrus vinegar to add to salad dressings or marinate meats and fish. This vinegar can be used in cake mixes such as "crazy cake or add a little in a lemon cake, if you wish.
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INGREDIENTS
Nutrition- 6 -8whole lemons
- 6 -8whole green limes
- 2tablespoons salt
- 3cups white vinegar
- wax paper
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DIRECTIONS
- Also will need 1 glass jar, gallon size, with lid.
- Hit the lemons and limes on all sides of the counter top, bruising them but not breaking the skin. Set aside.
- In saucepan heat the vinegar and salt, stir until dissolved, cool slightly.
- On a cutting board with raised edges, slice each fruit into wedges, limes 4 wedges, lemons could be up to 6 wedges. Remove seeds.
- Place in the jar with the bay leaves. Add the heated liquid.
- Stir around with a large wooden spoon.
- Add more white vinegar to cover.
- Place a piece of waxed paper over the jar.
- and then screw on the lid. The waxed paper will be between the lid and the jar.
- Sit on the counter top for about a day,.
- then refrigerate. Use after 3 days.
- Cooking time is only heating the salt and vinegar.
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