IF & WHEN Preserved Lemon Paste - Your Kitchen Pantry Staple

Don't stop creating this magical jar of deliciousness!

Teri - Seattle, WA

Save time. Eliminate ingredients.

Preserved Lemon saves time and eliminates ingredients without compromising flavor.

Our Bay Leaf blend is the unsung hero of many a soup, stock, salad dressing and cream sauce.

A chef in Napa rubs If & When under and over the skin of a whole chicken, replacing fresh herbs, lemon and garlic. He lets the chicken rest in the 'fridge overnight before cooking on the rotisserie.

Pressed for time? Add 2-3 TBS an hour before roasting a whole chicken. The longer preserved lemon rests on raw meat or fish, the less you need.

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Spoonable. Spreadable.

Cumin Garlic Preserved Meyer Lemon brings a warm, distinct flavor to everyday foods from rice (add before boiling and at the finish) to guacamole (the only ingredient you need).

It's a short cut to Asian flavors: add equal parts Cumin Preserved Lemon to miso paste, plus a dash of sesame oil to create a base for marinades or dressings.

Fishmongers favor Cumin Preserved Lemon because it doesn't 'cook' fish due to Meyer lemon's lower acidity. Rub 1 teaspoon per serving on raw seafood and chill for up to 24 hours before cooking.

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Short cut to big flavor.

Preserved lemon is a tradition of Moroccan and Middle Easter cooking, a balance of salty and tart. If & When is a nod to preserved lemons' heritage, modernized for today's pantry.

We cure small batches of California Meyer lemons by hand with a signature blend of spices including Tellicherry peppercorn, allspice and cinnamon to make a rich, fragrant paste as suitable a marinade for raw meat as it is a mixer for margaritas. Desserts such as berry cobblers and fruit pies are brightened by the Moroccan paste.

Spoonable in one step. No tagine required.

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Taste the Paste

Rub our Preserved Meyer Lemon Paste on meat and fish before grilling, vegetables before roasting.

It's the base for soups, salad dressings and marinades; an essential ingredient in baking and cocktails that moonlights as a cheese pairing.

We make If & When in California in small batches with local Meyer lemons grown on organic family-owned farms, sea salt, spices and love.

A zero-waste product, we cure the entire lemon - skin, seeds and all - and barrel-age the citrus for up to three years before hand blending into a paste.

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Recipes

If & When adds a depth and complexity that salt and lemon juice alone cannot.

Check out our recipes to learn ways to make the paste your own.

Recipes

I used the paste to make a “pesto” sauce to layer over pan-fried salmon cutlets – Bloody delicious!!

Alf - Sydney

Thank you for the stellar customer service.

-Margo, Oxnard, CA

Your product is gold.

Head grocery buyer - Staff of Life Market, Santa Cruz, CA

If & When is my new favorite with the grill.

Kevin - Vallejo, CA

Meyer Lemon Love

Meyer lemons have a sweeter, less acidic flavor than Lisbon or Eureka lemons found in grocery stores.

We select citrus harvested at the peak of ripeness from organic, family-owned farms on California's Central Coast. A thin, aromatic skin makes Meyers perfect for preserving.

During the season we make If & When by curing Meyer lemons by hand in unique blends of whole spices and sea salt so that you may enjoy If & When throughout the year.

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Salt Cured | Barrel Aged | Hand Blended

Chef-turned-winemaker Nick Sansone sat next to Carla DeLuca, an everyday cook, at dinner in Sonoma, California. By dessert, the first Preserved Meyer Lemon Paste was born.

"Culinary genius." - World Spice Merchants, Seattle

We cure Meyer lemons from organic, family-owned California farms in sea salt and spices, and barrel age the citrus for up to three years before hand blending it into paste. A zero-waste product, the entire lemon is cured - skin, seeds and all.

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So much easier than using whole preserved lemons - this could be your new kitchen secret weapon.

Melissa Joulwan's "Well Fed" newsletter

GAME CHANGER for our meals!!!

Dana (@skullet05)

I love supporting a small company that makes a quality product and has great customer service.

Danielle - Rosemount, MN

Thank you for my new favorite condiment!!!

Vanessa (@nessas_joy)

It's so simple and adds such great flavor.

Stephanie - Camp Hill, PA

If & When it Began

Carla DeLuca is the IF and Nick Sansone is the WHEN in If & When.

WHEN Nick cooks, he creates, foraging for ingredients near his Sonoma County, California, home and local farmers’ markets. He harvests his own seaweed.

IF Carla cooks, she cooks for a week, gathering items from grocery stores in walking distance of her apartment. She roasted her first chicken at 42.

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@TSnow52

Our new favorite foundation of flavor...we're adding a little to just about everything.

Miracle Plum (retailer) - Santa Rosa, CA

Try it on everything from chicken kabobs and labne dip to avocado toast for sensational depth and flavor. We’re obsessed.

The Mercury News - San Jose, CA

Thanks for making such an awesome product! Giving some as gifts!

Susan - Sterling, VA

I bought this and it is AMAZING!

Noor - Pasadena, CA