Lime Curd Recipe
Ingredients:
- Juice and rind from 6 limes
- Juice from 1 lemon
- 12 0z (340 g) sugar
- 4 free-range eggs
- 4 oz (112 g) unsalted butter
Method:
- Wash the limes and lemon. Finely grate the rind from the limes.
- Cut in half and squeeze out the juice, removing any pips.
- Put the juice and rind, beaten eggs and other ingredients into a double saucepan or heatproof-bowl over a hot pan of water) on low heat and heat gently until all the sugar has dissolved.
- Continue cooking until the mixture thickens.
- Remove the rind.
- Turn into hot, clean, sterilized jars and seal at once.
- Label when cool.
Makes about 1½ lbs (675 g) of Lime Curd.
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