Shadows

...at an angle in the Pioch, the oldest part of the village, near our little house, where we were doing a bit more work. Progress is slow (partly because we've been away) but it's coming. I also made labneh, preserved a large jar of lemons (and photographed them but then realised I'd blipped this kind of thing before not long ago), and did a bit of detective work with ceridwen.

The recipe for the lemons is simple: make sure you have untreated lemons, cut them across as though into quarters but not right through (I cut the 'tops' and 'tails' off too), so that the fruit holds together, put a tablespoon of coarse sea salt into the centre and pack the lemons into a jar, with herbs if you like (I put some rosemary sprigs in this jar). Fill the jar with olive oil so that all the lemons are covered and leave for about a month. They'll keep for months, and they're very tasty added to pilafs and tagines.