Thought I might make lemon curd..

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...Haven't made it in years, not sure I can even remember how.

Any lemon-curd makers about?

Yes! Me! Love it. Eggs, lemon juice, sugar, butter, lots of stirring.

Haven't made it yet.

Have half an hour spare now. Might go for it...

I LOVE lemon curd. I could spoon it out of the jar.....(makes note on shopping list to buy some)

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Microwave Lemon Curd:

Am assuming a 750 watt microwave, amend accordingly.

Ingredients
Grated rind and juice of 4 (unwaxed preferably) lemons
100 g butter, diced
450 g caster sugar
4 eggs, beaten

Method
Mix together lemon juice, rind, butter and in a pyrex-type glass bowl. Cook on high for about 4 minutes until butter has melted. Give it a stir and then stir in the eggs.

Cook on high for 5 - 7 minutes
Stop and whisk every minute
Do not overcook or you will make egg toffee
When the curd coats the back of a spoon then it is ready

Cool for 5 miutes, whisking every minute then pot into sterile jars.

Keep refrigerated for up to 2 weeks.

om nom NOM

Oh dear I don't have a microwave! Opened a door on it and smashed its glass about 6 years ago and never replaced it .

ah crap

hang on

bear with me?

right from the same recipe book so I am inclined to trust it IWSWIM:

100g butter
225g granulated sugar
3 eggs plus 1 yolk beaten together
grated rind nd jiice of 3 lemons

1 melt butter in double saucepan (I would use a pyrex bowl over simmering water in a saucepan)

2 add sugar eggs extra yolk and rind and juice

3 cook gently without boiling until the mixture thickens to coat the back of a spoon

4 cool and pot

MAKEs oops caps about 500g

HTH

(dairy book of home cookery 19920

Now it doesn't say stir whilst cooking but I would stir gently

oh and gentle gentle heat because the curd will split if overheated

I make lemon curd quite often (non-mocrowave) and it always turns out nice, though I have to say mine has never won a prize at the village show unlike Mrs Thing's up the road!

Looks like BALD's gone off to get a recipe so won't post mine, but basically it's just eggs, lemon juice, butter, lemon zest, whisk constantly over low heat till it thickens and then simmer for a short while. No special pitfalls so long as you keep whisking, I think.

Good luck - hope it turns out nice - you've made me fancy some now!

Ah, X-post. I use a balloon whisk to agitate mine by the way - not an electric one. Gently cuddle it and nurture it.

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I have the pampered chef double balloon whisk, v v efficient

agitate, cuddle and nurture

what great verbs for curd making

I have an amazing sounding Bramley lemon curd recipe that I still haven't made. If anyone would like to make it for my vicarious pleasure I will gladly post recipe.

Apparently it tastes of apple and custard.

Yes please to apple and custard curd recipe.

I've made the Pret A Manger lemon curd recipe. It was very nice, but they made a big deal about putting the cubed butter into the freezer to get it really cold and then putting the chilled butter cube by cube into the mixture, to stop the eggs from cooking too quickly. It was a bloody faff and next time I'm sticking it all in the microwave!

Bramley lemon curd

Makes 5 x 225g jars

450g Bramley apples, peeled cored and chopped
finely grated zest and juice 2 unwaxed lemons ( 100ml strained juice )
125g unslated butter
450g granulated sugar
4-5 large eggs well beaten ( 200ml beaten egg )

Put chopped apple in pan with 100ml water and lemon zest. Cook gently until soft and fluffy then beat to a puree with wooden spoon or rub through a nylon seive.
Put butter, sugar,lemon juice and apple puree in double boiler or heatproof bowl over pan of simmering water. As soon as the butter has melted and mixture is hot and glossy, pour in eggs through a seive, whisk with a balloon whisk. Make sure not too hot otherwise it will split. If does split, take pan off heat and whisk vigorously until smooth.
Stir mix over a gentle heat scraping down the bowl every few mins until thick and creamy. Takes 9-10 mins. Pour into warm sterilised jars use within 4 weeks once opened keep in fridge.

Can make gooseberry curd by replacing apples with gooseberries.

Please, please please if anyone makes this let me know how it works out! I have my eye on it for when I have time. Thanks.

I can try the goosberry curd - have gooseberries in the freezer!

How much gooseberry?

By the way, I did make lemon curd yesterday !

4 eggs, 4oz of butter, 1lb of sugar and 4 lemons only made 2 jars!

It will be gone in a trice!

gooseberry curd - it just says substitute so I guess the same quantity as Bramleys.

can't wait to hear.......