1/2 jar lemon curd. Apart from tarts what can I do with it?

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Dd made some little tarts with the lemon curd but there's half a jar left. Don't fancy more tarts. Anyone have a recipe for a nice cake which uses some lemon curd or any other ideas?

lemon curd cookies. A little scone-like in texture, but that's no bad thing. Yummy!

I have never made fairy cakes that way before. That's a nice one for dc to make, isn't it?

so lemon curd and butter cream
or lemon curd and double whipped cream

plus lemon icing or orange icing .Decisions, decisions

meringue nests, a dollop of lemon curd and strawberries topped with cream.

hmm cookies and meringues. Dd loves meringues that would go down well.

(I should actually be thinning out for the summer holidays ....)

Am putting lemon curd on my shopping list now.

Dont get the cheapo/Tesco stuff. It taskes like washing up liquid.

It actually isnt hard to make.

All you need is some nice white bread yum

one we have tastes nice - Robertson'S. I made it forthe lemon meringue pie and dd was quite taken with it so when she was out shopping at the weekend with dh and saw some (surprisingly since we live overseas) she bought a jar. Now I have half a jar sitting in the fridge. Not for long now though

there are so many tasty sounding ideas on here though I think it is worth having some sitting on the shelf. I'll definitely get some more

Recipe:

3 oz. (6 Tbs.) unsalted butter, softened at room temperature
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
2 large egg yolks
2/3 cup fresh lemon juice
1 tsp. grated lemon zest
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In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer, about 2 min. Slowly add the eggs and yolks. Beat for 1 min. Mix in the lemon juice. The mixture will look curdled, but it will smooth out as it cooks.

In a medium, heavy-based saucepan, cook the mixture over low heat until it looks smooth. (The curdled appearance disappears as the butter in the mixture melts.) Increase the heat to medium and cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens, about 15 minutes. It should leave a path on the back of a spoon and will read 170°F on a thermometer. Don't let the mixture boil.

Remove the curd from the heat; stir in the lemon zest. Transfer the curd to a bowl. Press plastic wrap on the surface of the lemon curd to keep a skin from forming and chill the curd in the refrigerator. The curd will thicken further as it cools. Covered tightly, it will keep in the refrigerator for a week and in the freezer for 2 months.

There is a recipe for a meringue roulade with lemon curn in in this months issue of Good Food. It looks amazing

I made lemon drizzle cake last week and my friend who is a cookery teacher suggested I served it with lemon curd mixed with creme fraiche, it was really good :)

curd not curn!

Orange curd is even nicer

Or lime curn curd.

lemon curd with creme fraiche. THat would never have occured to me tbh. Saw that further down in connection with ice cream.

Meringue roulade... slobber

curd sounds like something revolting really

lime curd would be delicious. I've never had that.

Better than cur

or cud

crud?

you're right lemon crud, who would eat i? And yet it is delicious

Smile at me nicely ZZZen and I might even copy the recipe out for you later

do I have to be nice? oh alright this is the best I can manage :o (and I brushed and flossed first especially for you). Well I have just ordered some new cake tins because my trusty round tins have had their day. So I am all set to get on top of some of these lemon curd recipes.

Thanks everyone.

just something else:
when I made the lemon meringue pie recently, it looked nice, tasted nice but the pastry crumbled apart when I tried to lift the slices out. What did I do wrong, does anyone know? It was actually the recipe in one of dd's books from DK "The Children's Baking Book"

I sort of think everyone can dance in their own way, you just feel too self-conscious to enjoy it maybe. But on the other hand, people have told me anyone can sing and I don't believe them. I tried singing along to this for a while (to teach yourself to sing). Dd was very strict about it. "Have you done that singing practice mum?" I don't know how you are supposed to know whether you get any better at all.

Maybe the problem with dancing is you start to do a lot in your teenage years when you go out and at that age you are already too self-conscious and worrying about what people think of you and being eyed up etc.

actually that last post was only remotely connected to lemon curd