Home cook: Sharmini Jayawardena
I knew of lemon curd through my mum’s recipe for it. But, I never got down to learning how to make it from her
All I know is, it’s out of this world when spread on bread
Luckily for me, Pinterest read my mind and a recipe for lemon curd emerged to my utter surprise and absolute joy
I immediately saved the Pin
So, yesterday I made lemon curd for the first time in my life
It turned out splendid even though it is not exactly what my mum’s lemon curd used to be like. Her’s had more of a curd-like consistency to it from what I remember. This one is more a thick smoothie.
Note: Use a heavy bottom saucepan for the purpose. As when whisking the ingredients on the stove, mine got burned on one side. Hence the minute bits of brown specks in the finished product. Otherwise, my lemon curd turned out perfect I think
Here is the recipe that I followed: Homemade Lemon Curd by
numstheword.com