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Clementine & lemon curd

Thick and velvety, this citrus spread is luscious

Thick and velvety, this citrus spread is luscious

Cooking Time

Cook: 20 Mins

Cooking Time

Serves: 3

Cooking Time

Price: £1.07 per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 10g serving contains

Energy
113kj
27kcal
1%
Fat
1.5g
Low
2%
Saturates
0.8g
Low
4%
Sugars
2.6g
Low
3%
Salt
0g
Low
0%
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
1130kj/270kcal

Ingredients

4 large eggs

2 egg yolks

200g caster sugar

125ml freshly squeezed clementine juice

2 tbsp lemon juice

2 clementines, finely grated zest of

1 lemon, finely grated zest of

100g unsalted butter

Method

1
Pre-heat the oven to 140C/120C Fan/Gas 1. Sterilise 1 large, 2 medium or 3 small jam jars.
2
Lightly beat the eggs and yolks in a large heatproof bowl. Add the caster sugar, clementine juice, lemon juice, zests and butter, cut into cubes. Mix with a wooden spoon.
3
Put the bowl over a saucepan of simmering water. Stir with a wooden spoon until the sugar has dissolved and the mixture is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.
4
Pour into the jar or jars and cover. Store in the fridge for up to 3 weeks.
5
TIP: As a guide, a 225ml jar is 'small', a 450ml jar is 'medium' and a 500ml jar is 'large'. Please note the nutritional information given is for a 2tsp serving of curd. The cost per serving refers to a small jar of clementine curd