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Easy homemade strawberry curd
A super easy recipe for homemade strawberry curd with only 5 ingredients. Perfect on toast and scones, in cakes and as a dessert topping too
Ingredients
- 100 g unsalted butter
- 200 g strawberries
- 4 large free range eggs
- 1 lemon zest and juice
- 200 g caster sugar
Instructions
- melt the butter in a bain marie/bowl over simmering water
- meanwhile whizz the strawberries in a food processor and press through a sieve
- whisk the eggs and press through a fine sieve
- add strawberry pulp, sugar, eggs and lemon (juice and zest) to the butter and stir well. Keep stirring till it comes together like custard and coats the back of a wooden spoon
- ladle into sterilised jars, the curd will firm up more as it cools
- top with a disc of waxed paper and pop on a lid. Store in the fridge and use within 2 weeks.
Notes
calories shown are for all three jars of this strawberry curd.
Nutrition
Calories: 613kcalCarbohydrates: 76gProtein: 8gFat: 33gSaturated Fat: 19gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 290mgSodium: 89mgPotassium: 242mgFiber: 2gSugar: 71gVitamin A: 1166IUVitamin C: 58mgCalcium: 62mgIron: 2mg
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