Lemon Curd Recipe Nigella Lawson
Whip the cream until soft peeks form then gently fold in the lemon curd mixture and the crushed meringues taking care not to over mix.
Lemon curd recipe nigella lawson. You should replace the lemon juice with the same volume of lime juice. Limoncello lemon liqueur or lemon juice 1 cup heavy cream 4 oz. Put the lemon curd into a bowl and beat it with a wooden spoon or spatula to loosen it a little.
Curd can be made up to 3 days ahead. Store in an airtight container until needed. The time taken for a curd to thicken will vary according to the size of the pan and the heat underneath the pan.
Nigella s lemon pavlova from at my table can be made with a good store bought lemon curd you can also make the curd by using nigella s passionfruit curd recipe and switching the passionfruit for the zest and juice of two lemons. Limes are usually smaller than lemons. One jar for yourself and give the rest away people will love you for it.
5 egg yolks try and remove as much of the white as possible if you have some egg white attached strain the yolks through a fine sieve to get rid of the white. Melt the butter in a bain marie meanwhile whisk together well the eggs yolk sugar juice zest once the butter is melted add to it the egg mix stirring continuously in the bain marie. An original recipe by not quite nigella.
With a light hand a glad heart and a spatula spread the lemon curd on top of the meringue base. Makes about 350mls 12 36fl ozs. Put the lemon curd in a bowl and stir in the limoncello or lemon juice to loosen the curd.
Taste the lemon curd if it s shop bought and add some lemon zest and a spritz of juice if it s too sweet. If you keep stirring throughout you shouldn t have a problem but nigella suggests filling the sink with cold water before you start so if it looks like curdling you can plunge your pan into the water and stir like the blazes. Meringue base can be made 1 day ahead.