UK Lemon Curd

[CarolineW]

i just made it this morning - yum!!!

i think the hardest bit was zesting the lemons which i am not keen to repeat! has anyone found a good way to chop the peel in the tmx?

I'm assuming that we all know the 'peel thinly with a potato peeler, then put strips in TMX with sugar and blitz (for this recipe 20 seconds / speed 10) - but just in case, I've posted it here.

In the new edition of the Fast and Easy Cooking book this is now a 2 part adding of the ingredients, with the zesting as stage 1 (20 secs / speed 10) then add everything else, mix 15 secs / speed 6 as stage 2, before inserting the whisk - same as before.

[Thermomixer]

Thanks CAroline - THINLY is the important thing - so very, very thin or it really doesn't work at all

[brazen20au]

has anyone tried freezing the rind before blitzing?

[Thermomixer]

No, but it may help !!  Still love my microplane

[CarolineW]

No, but it may help !!  Still love my microplane

Same here    I haven't regarded zest as being anything to blink at since having mine, it makes it so easy.

I did it the potato peeler / TMX route with yesterday's batch of lemon curd. It wasn't difficult, but it was definitely more effort than with my microplane.  Plus the outcome wasn't quite as smooth.  Not that it was in anyway unpleasant or 'bitty' - just that it was possible to see that zest had gone into the curd.  I'll stick to my microplane in future.

[cathy79]

Made this today.  Had 2 small lemons, so used them.  I didn't bother with the zest, and probably just as well as it's pretty strong.  Absolutely delicious on homemade bread!  Will have to do a double batch next time, as it doesn't last long in this house.