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English Country House Lemon Curd Recipe


   
Recipe Categories: Miscellaneous Recipes
Yield: 1 servings
 
Ingredients
  6  tb Unsalted butter, cut up  
  6  tb Sugar  
  3  lg Egg yolks  
  3  tb Freshly squeezed lemon juice  
 
Instructions
 
  1. Combine ingredients in the top of a double boiler, or use an earthenware bowl placed over (but not touching) simmering water.

 
  2. Cook, stirring, until mixture thickens and coats the back of a spoon, 6 or 7 minutes.

 
  3. Pour through a fine mesh strainer into a sterilized glass jar.

 
  4. Cover airtight and refrigerate when cold (mixture will thicken as it cools).

 
  5. Use within 4 weeks.

 
  Makes approximately 1 cup.

 
  PER TABLESPOON: 70 calories, 1 g protein, 5 g carbohydrate, 5 g fat (3 g saturated), 51 mg cholesterol, 2 mg sodium, 0 g fiber.

 
  From an article by Jacqueline Mallorca in the San Francisco Chronicle, 8/18/93.

 
   


 



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