Lemon Curd And Variants by brianjwood

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Lemon Curd And Variants
Submitted by brianjwood on May 20, 2004 at 11:34 pm

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Lemon Curd & Variants

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Lemon Curd a la Petra

. Just thinking about this whisks me back to childhood, eating a special treat of little pies filled with lemon curd with a dollop of cream on top! Oh happy days!

Lemon Curd 1
2 lemons; 225gms lump or granulated sugar; 75 gm butter; 3 eggs.
Wash and dry the lemons (don?t use the waxed ones!). Grate the rind, or peel it into strips; squeeze out all the juice (if the lemons are ?skinny? you can add a little fresh lemon juice). Put the rind, juice and sugar into the top of a double boiler (you can use a basin, in a saucepan of simmering water, but the basin should not touch the water) and stir occasionally until sugar is fully dissolved. Leave tocool. Beat the eggs lightly and pur the cooled mixture over them. Strain it back into the basin and place over a gentle heat. Stir frequently with a wooden spoon until the mixture begins to thicken. When it coats the back of the spoon lightly, pour into small jars, taking care to fill to the brim. Cover and label.
Clearly, this can be scaled up if you wish.
Variants
Grapefruit curd. Substitute 2 grapefruit and use 250 gm sugar and 100g butter.

Orange curd. Use 2 oranges, and add the juice of 1 lemon. Use only 50gm butter and melt in the double boiler (or basin over water) before adding the rind, juices and sugar

Apricot curd. 225 gms dried apricots; grated rind and juice of 2 lemons; 700 gms granulated sugar; 175 gms butter; 2 eggs.
Soak apricots overnight then cook until tender, using as little water as possible. Flavour is best if cooked in a tightly covered dish in a very cool oven at 120 C for 40 minutes. Strain off excess water and puree well in a blender. Put fruit into double boiler with the rind, juice, sugar and butter and stir until sugar dissolves. Beat eggs lightly and add to mixture. Continue heating and stirring until mixture thickens. Pot as before.

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