I love lemon curd. That tang and sweetness on toast in the morning is just the perfect wake up call.
It is one of those things that is insanely easy to make but you always forget to do it. I find it best to make curds in small batches as they don’t keep long and really have to be eaten within a month or so. This recipe is for my lemon and ginger curd and makes 2 decent sized jars.
The ginger adds a touch of warmth and a bit of a kick to the sharpness of the lemon, mmmmm yumm!
Idgy isn’t a fan of curds, so I felt obligedin the interests of food wastage etc, to eat all my lemon and ginger curd singlehandedly. Let me assure you, this has been no hardship whatsoever!
Here’s the lemon and ginger curd added to plain yogurt as a dessert.
Fantastic stuff, must make more…..
Karon x
- 4 large lemons (unwaxed or wash thoroughly first)
- 225g caster sugar
- 115g unsalted butter4
- 1 lump of stem ginger and a teaspoon of the syrup from a jar
- 4 medium eggs
- Zest the lemons and squeeze out the juice. Put this into a bowl that sits on top of a pot of simmering water. Add the sugar, ginger (finely chopped) and ginger syrup and butter (also chopped). Stir to mix thoroughly and let everything melt together.Z
- Take the pot and bowl combo off the heat once it has got to this stage. Whisk the eggs in a jug and pour this gently into the lemony mixture. Put it back on the heat and keep stirring (I used my whisk here) to thicken it. Mine took ten minutes.
- Pour into a couple of sterilised jars, seal and store someplace where you won't forget about it.
Sounds lovely! I am going to try this this week for Christmas pressies!
Just enjoying my first ever homemade lemon curd sandwich so thank you for inspiring me! 3 jars ready for teachers’ christmas pressies too! Just a couple of questions, I did have to sieve it before pitting into jars, as I noticed as curd was thickening a few bits of cooked egg white! I did whisk – should you leave melted mixture to cool first before adding eggs or is it prone to get egg pieces in as it thickens? Another question, I found the stem ginger turned a bit brown?! It tasted a bit cardboard too once all cooked, but as I sieved it for the eggs, I also lost the ginger and all the zest too! Did I do something wrong!? Curd tastes lovely but not especially gingery now it is all removed! Thanks so much!