This is my amazing lemon tree. It grows in what looks like a pitiful buckets worth of soil, clinging grimly to the side of the big granite rocks our house is perched on. It never stops producing day in, day out. It always has flowers, green lemons and ripe lemons on it all at the same time. I never water it as it gets all the runoff from rain on the rock and I imagine it is feeding off all the minerals and organic matter that comes off the rock too. Not sure what type of lemon it is but it isn’t a sweet one and has thick pithy skin on it. I’ve never made lemon curd before so thought i’d give it a go to use up a few of the lemons I get. If ever I need a lemon, I just pop out the door off the side of my kitchen to the right of this photo and pick one.
Recipe,
Grated zest and juice of 4 large juicy lemons
4 large eggs
350gm Golden (raw) caster sugar
225gm unsalted butter, room temp and cut into lumps
1 dessertspoon cornflour (I used gluten free cornflour, real cornflour)
Whisk the eggs in a medium sized saucepan, then add the rest of the ingredients. Place over a medium heat and continue to whisk till mixture thickens. When it does, lower the heat to low and let the lemon curd simmer for a minute whilst whisking still.
Remove from heat and pour into hot sterilized jars. Seal immediatley and store in a cool dry place till needed. This all took about 10 minutes to make once everything was prepped and ready to go. So quick to make.
I used 4 one cup (250ml) capacity mason jars and it filled all to the brim.
Now all I need to do is discover some yummy recipes to use it with. 😀
Bon appetit!
cathyandchucky 