Lime Curd

                                              Lime Curd

Beautiful curd, thanks to my mums lovely editing

It turns out I’m a shouty baker. I wish it wasn’t true, and that I was one of those bakers who’s pies never burnt and who’s dishes washed themselves, the kind that exist only on television. These curds are dedicated to my boyfriend who has to tolerate my shouting and faffing in the kitchen. Jake, I’m sorry for yelling, I was not angry at you, it was only the stress. Despite all this, I do love baking, but I think I need to be alone, my kitchen is very small and I have big elbows.

I only recently discovered curd when a friend and I bought someone for lunch and ate it out of the jar with potato cake. Delicious! But before that I never really got it but now I totally get it.

This is a twist on a recipe by Joy The Baker . I want to try 3 different curds, (grapefruit, orange and lime) and if I’m honest, lime was by far the best, so, since I want only the best for you, I will spare you the recipes for the other too, though if you were interested, I’m happy to send you the recipe.

This is a really simple, really delicious curd, that is slightly tangy but still sweet, delicious on crumpets but also good in lime curd cream cheese biscuits (recipe to follow).

 Ingredients

(Makes about 3/4 of a cup)

2 limes

2 large egg yolks

1 large egg

5 tablespoons granulated sugar

3 teaspoons lime zest

1/4 cup and 2 tablespoons lime juice

4 tablespoons unsalted butter

pinch of salt

What to do…

1.Combine the lime zest and sugar on a chopping board, scrapping the two into each other with the back of a large knife until the zest is evenly distributed within the sugar.

2. In a saucepan over a low heat whisk together all of the ingredients for about 5 minutes. You will see the mixture start to thicken considerably and it should coat the back of a spoon.

3. Remove from the heat and pass through a fine mesh strainer into a bowl and leave to cool, then decant into small jars or one large jar. Curd is best refrigerated and eaten within a week.

A gift for my boyfriends parents, to replace the terrible chutney I made them for Christmas

Happy eating,

Christa x