149 preserved lemon recipes

Austrian Mozart cookies with a buttery shortbread base, apricot rum filling, and confectioners sugar. Elegant sandwich cookies with a ring-and-circle design.

Fruits afire is a flambe dessert with canned pears, apricots, and bing cherries in a reduced cinnamon-apricot syrup, finished tableside with flaming rum. A dramatic, retro showstopper.

Fresh berry tarts: a pair of giant 10x15 inch sheet tarts with vanilla cream over sweet pie crust, one tart piled with glazed cherries, the other with glossy blueberries.

Sweet and sour shrimp tossed in a fresh stone-fruit sauce of pureed nectarines, plums, apricot preserves, Dijon mustard, lemon, and a hit of red pepper flakes. Bright, tangy, and unlike any takeout version.

Not too sweet, very smooth and creamy, but not super rich; strawberries and apricot jam bring lots of fresh and fruity flavor, the phyllo pastry comes out golden brown and crispy. A delicious and guilt-free dessert that everyone will enjoy!

Layered Austrian bar cookies with a buttery shortcrust, apricot preserves, a fluffy pecan meringue filling, and a lattice top. Old-world baking at its finest.

French apple pie with a thick applesauce and honey filling topped with concentric rings of sliced Granny Smith apples and a glossy apricot glaze. An elegant, low-fat tart-style pie.

No-bake fresh peach pie with ripe peach wedges arranged in a swirl pattern, glazed with melted apricot preserves on a graham cracker crust. A summer dessert that lets perfectly ripe peaches do all the work.

Traditional Danish spandauer pastries with a smooth pot cheese filling, cherry preserves, and a glossy corn syrup glaze. Authentic Scandinavian baking at home.

Creamy rice pudding folded with vanilla whipped cream and served with a blended strawberry preserve sauce. A cold, light dessert with a mousse-like texture.

Try making the French version of apple pie today that's both scrumptious and healthy for you.

Walnut cake is a traditional European-style flourless nut torte made with ground walnuts, crushed biscuits, and 8 separated eggs. Layered with apricot jam and frosted with vanilla whipped cream.

Turkey Waldorf salad with diced turkey breast, apples, celery, and raisins tossed in a yogurt-apricot-Dijon dressing. A lighter post-Thanksgiving leftover riff on the classic Waldorf.

The sweetness of apricot preserves is brightened with lemon and balanced by a bit of cayenne pepper with some toasted nuts for added texture.

Berlin Bread is a spiced German bar cookie loaded with grated chocolate, almonds, rum, apple preserves, and candied lemon peel. Iced while warm and sliced thin, these fragrant little bars belong on every holiday baking list.

Try making the French version of apple pie that's both scrumptious and healthy for you.