Luscious and velvety, nothing beats home-made lemon curd Lemon Curd Luscious and velvety, nothing beats home-made lemon curd Ingredients Caster Sugar 3 oz75 g Lemon 1 each Butter , Salted or unsalted, cut into small cubes 2 oz50 g Eggs , Large free range 2 each Method Place the sugar into a bowl and grate the zest of the lemon onto the sugar Beat the eggs together in a separate bowl, squeeze the juice of the lemon and add to the eggs, mix thoroughly Pour the egg mixture through a sieve onto the sugar and zest Add the butter to the bowl and mix together Microwave on half power, if possible in short bursts, until mixture thickens. Generally speaking do 1 minute on half power, stir, repeat a couple of times and then go onto 30 sec bursts on half power, stirring in between. How long it takes to thicken will depend on your microwave, but it is usually no more than 5 minutes total. You don’t want to end up with lemon flavoured scrambled egg so please be patient! The mixture should just coat the back of a spoon when ready – it will thicken as it cools Use to sandwich a sponge cake, stir through vanilla ice cream – make Eton Mess with lemon curd and banana instead of the strawberries – luscious How long will it take to make? Preparation time: 10 min Cooking time: 5 min Total time: 15 min How much? Will make approx. 3 x 110g/4oz jars Look after it Keep refrigerated and use within 6 weeks What to put it in Lemon Curd looks lovely in our 8oz 212ml Orcio especially as a gift http://www.rosiemakesjam.com/
