Citrus Curd Recipes

PERFECT LEMON CURD

Steps:

• In a 2 quart saucepan, combine lemon juice, lemon zest, sugar, eggs, and butter. Cook over medium-low heat until thick enough to hold marks from whisk, and first bubble appears on surface, about 6 minutes.

CITRUS CURD

Steps:

• 1. Zest all citrus and set aside.
• 2. In a large 8 cup microwave safe bowl, melt butter.
• 3. In a seperate bowl add eggs and yolks and beat well. Add sugar and zest and mix.
• 4. Pour egg mixture into the melted butter. Stir well.
• 5. Cook uncovered in microwave 6-7 min. stirring every minute until thick enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon.
• 6. TIP:Use as a cupcake filling or a cake filling. Top your ice cream or eat it the traditional way over a slightly toasted crumpet or english muffin with a little pat of butter then pour curd over the top. May be eaten warm or cold.

MIXED CITRUS CURD

Steps:

• Place sugar, butter, eggs, juices, zests, and salt in a 2-quart saucepan over medium heat. Cook, whisking constantly, until curd starts to bubble and thicken, and can coat the back of a wooden spoon, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat and pour into a bowl. Place a piece of plastic wrap over the surface to prevent a skin from forming.
• Refrigerate curd until set, 2 to 3 hours.

CITRUS CURD

Steps:

• Set up an ice bath in a large bowl.
• Whisk the sugar and egg yolks in a heatproof bowl until the sugar dissolves. Stir in the juices and water and set the bowl over a pot of simmering water. Cook, stirring often with a heatproof rubber scraper, until the curd reaches 180°F.
• Mix the curd with an immersion blender and strain into a bowl. Set into the ice bath to chill completely. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until you're ready to serve it.

LEMON CURD

Steps:

• Using a carrot peeler, remove the zest of 3 lemons, being careful to avoid the white pith. Put the zest in a food processor fitted with the steel blade. Add the sugar and pulse until the zest is very finely minced into the sugar.
• Cream the butter and beat in the sugar and lemon mixture. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, and then add the lemon juice and salt. Mix until combined.
• Pour the mixture into a 2 quart saucepan and cook over low heat until thickened (about 10 minutes), stirring constantly. The lemon curd will thicken at about 170 degrees F, or just below simmer. Remove from the heat and cool or refrigerate.

CITRUS CURD

Steps:

• In 4-quart heavy nonreactive saucepan, mix all ingredients except eggs. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly with whisk, 5 to 6 minutes or until butter is melted and sugar is dissolved.
• Gradually stir small amount of hot sugar syrup into beaten eggs with whisk; then stir egg mixture back into hot mixture with whisk. Cook over low heat 12 to 15 minutes, stirring constantly, until thickened. Spoon curd into 4 sterilized 8-oz jars; cover tightly. Store in refrigerator.