Lemon Butter/Curd

Following on from my Citrus crop posted a few days ago, and from the Lemon Butterfly cakes. Thought I better put up the recipe for Lemon Butter/Curd.

You will need...

Clean sterilized glass jars.

1 large glass bowl for going in microwave.

330mls of fresh lemon juice (I used 7 large lemons)

8 ozs Butter.

1 lb Sugar.

8 eggs well beaten.

In the large glass bowl stir the sugar into the lemon juice. Cut the butter into small pieces and add to the bowl.

Finally, pass the beaten eggs through a sieve, pushing through with a wooden spoon. Throw away the yukky stringy bits from the eggs.

Microwave on high, for a minute at a time, stirring each time too. Until the curd is fairly thick ( it took me 8 minutes in all. Don't be alarmed if it looks a little thin after this time 'cos it does thicken when set in the jars)

Place the hot Butter/Curd into the jars and label.

Will keep for a few months in the fridge, once opened.

This recipe was given to me by a lovely Scottish lady called Rita. (Jaygirl from Violet's Pantry)

Thank you Rita.

Today's Citrus Crop from the Vegie Garden

We are so lucky where we live. We don't have frosts,

although the temperature does drop to around 3c

in winter. But in the summer, it often reached the

high 30c's and one Christmas not so long ago, it

was 52c on Boxing Day. Yes, we melted that year.

Anyway, what I am getting at here, is we are in an

excellent position for growing Citrus. Hot and long

summers, and all we have to worry about is keeping

the water up to them. We do have two water tanks

in now, so that should help us this summer. With

heavy water restrictions here on the coast, we can't

just go and turn a tap on. Much as I would like to

some days.

What do we have in?

Imperial Mandarin. (gave us 23 in second year)

Grapefruit. (second year gave us over 50)

Lime. (third year, too many to count)

Valencia Orange. (third year and over 50)

Meyer Lemon. (hundreds)

Lemonade Lemon. (again, hundreds)

Now I am in a bit of a dilemma, having harvested

today. What do I make?

Fed up of making marmalade and the like.

So will be juicing a load and freezing it.

Orange and Lemon muffins.

Self saucing Lemon pudding.

Lemon chicken, are just a few I have thought of.

That is a Meyer Lemon I am holding, sorry about the picture quality, but my arms weren't long enough to get it in focus properly. LOL, LOL.