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Metrosideros wrote:
If the fruit are still good, you can preserve them with salt.

Simply cut each fruit in quarters, but not the whole way through. The middles should still be connected, holding the fruit together.
Place the fruit into a large jar, one at a time, and place a generous amount of sea salt on them as you pack them in. Pack the jar tightly with the fruit and salt.
Cover the jar and let sit for a day.

The fruit will express juice and should mostly fill the jar, over a day's time. If any of the fruit is not covered with juice in the jar, squeeze juice from other fruit into the jar until liquid is covering all of the fruit. (If no extra fruit is available, to make juice to fill the jar, water can be used.)
Put some more salt in the top of the jar. Close the jar tightly, and let sit for a week.

After a week, place the jar in a refrigerator for a month. When a month has past, you can start using the fruit. To use the fruit, remove it to a bowl and drain it; cut it apart and de-seed it; then cut / chop it up, and place in a recipe. (As long as you were generous with the salt, it will last in a jar in a refrigerator for a year.)

Preserved salted Citrus is great in salsa, sauces, salad dressing, and relish!