Lemon curd

footman · 30 Oct 2016 at 11:11

Made some lemon curd yesterday as part of a dessert recipe. Just had some on toast, it was amazing, better in fact than the dessert!

Glaucus · 30 Oct 2016 at 11:16

yep lemon curd is amazing. especially when its very lemony and slightly tart, unlike shop stuff. Haven't had it for ages, now I want some.

tom_e · 30 Oct 2016 at 11:31

Lemon curd on extra soft white bread was always a big treat when I went to my grans, not had any in years.

footman · 30 Oct 2016 at 11:41

Glaucus said:
yep lemon curd is amazing. especially when its very lemony and slightly tart, unlike shop stuff. Haven't had it for ages, now I want some.

For the lemon curd

100g/3½oz butter, softened
225g/8oz caster sugar
5 free-range egg yolks
3 large lemons, juice and finely grated zest
300ml/10fl oz double cream, lightly whipped

To make the lemon curd, put the butter into a heatproof bowl, add the sugar and whisk by hand until combined. Stir in the egg yolks. Add the lemon zest and juice and whisk until smooth. Sit the bowl over a pan of just simmering water and whisk until the mixture has thickened. This will take about 8-10 minutes. Be careful the water does not boil as this will curdle the curd.

There you go

You won't need so much as you're not making the whole dessert.
Edit: actually the dessert didn't use up all that much of the total batch of lemon curd.

tom_e said:
Lemon curd on extra soft white bread was always a big treat when I went to my grans, not had any in years.

No excuse now!