Recipe Lemon Curd Nigella

Taste the lemon curd if it s shop bought and add some lemon zest and a spritz of juice if it s too.

Recipe lemon curd nigella. Put butter sugar and strained lemon juice into a bowl. Unfortunately this recipe is not currently online. Try not to overmix.

Nigella also suggests using this recipe to make a passionfruit curd and i ve done that too when passionfruits have been in season at the markets. Taste the lemon curd if it s shop bought and add some lemon zest and a spritz of juice if it s too sweet. Remove from heat and allow to cool a little.

Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy then beat in the eggs. Stir gently to incorporate the meringue curd and zest into the cream. The time taken for a curd to thicken will vary according to the size of the pan and the heat underneath the pan.

Add the butter and heat slowly until the butter melts. Sit bowl over a pan of simmering water and cook till sugar is completely dissolved. Put the lemon curd into a bowl and beat it with a wooden spoon or spatula to loosen it a little.

Lightly grease a 1 3ltr pudding basin. Put the butter and sugar into a double boiler saucepan with boiling water i use a glass pyrex bowl that fits snugly into a saucepan of boiling water. 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.

Add the lemon curd then grate in the orange zest taking care not to include any white pith. Instead of the lemon use the pulp and juice of 10 passionfruits. Whip the cream until thick and airy but still with a soft voluptuousness about it and set it aside for a moment.