It has been more than 1 year since my last update. Many reasons, the biggest: our son entered our life one year ago. Shall I say more?

Now, to the recipe!

Last September my friend Domitilla, coming back from her home town Mondragone, brought us some wonderful organic lemons, directly form her mother’s tree! Is there a better use than preserve them in salt? Sure no!

The lemons where ready after 2 months, but only recently I had the inspiration to use one in this classic moroccan dish: a Tajine with home made pickled lemon.

Ingredients

4 chicken tights

1 citron confit (brined lemon)

3 courgettes

1 onion

2 tablespoons of extra-virgin olive oil

1 teaspoon of ground ginger

1 teaspoon of ground cumin

1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon

Water

For 2 portions

1. Halve the chicken tights with a sharp knife.
2. Wash and cut the courgette in thick sticks, as big as your thumb (in the picture you see them bigger than I just wrote: I find that cutting them as big as your thumb makes them more tender in less time).
3. Finely chop the onion.
4. Heat the oil in a tajine dish or in a heavy, sturdy and big saucepan.
5. Gently fry the onion, add the spices and meat and let it brown.
6. Add the courgettes and the citron, cut in chunks.
7. Stir and add enough wanter to cover it.
8. Let it cook on a low fire until all the ingredients are tender.
9. Serve with couscous.

Note

If you don’t have pickled lemon, or you cannot find them anywhere, do not despair: use a normal lemon!