Good afternoon,

Well, I was on my lunch break and I spotted some lemon curd tarts that I haven’t had for ages (probably since my school days!), so it got me thinking, how do I make lemon curd and what cocktails would they go in, so I had a search through a few recipe books and found out how to make lemon curd.  Here it is…

Lemon Curd (makes about 4-6 jam jars)

- 4 lemons, rind and juice
- 4 eggs
- 110g butter
- 450g sugar

Method

Grate rind of lemons and squeeze out juice. Put sugar, rind and juice, butter and beaten eggs into a large basin on top of a pan of simmering water. Stir with a wooden spoon until thick and curd coats the back of the spoon. Pour into warm sterile jars, cover, seal and label. Refrigerate.

As simple as that…

Now for a tasty cocktail…

Curds & Wa-Hey!

- 2oz Citrus Vodka
- 1 Bar Spoon Vanilla Sugar
- 1oz fresh lemon juice
- 1oz fresh lime juice
- 3 Bar spoons of Lemon Curd
- Digestive biscuit (garnish)

Method

Firstly, rim the cocktail glass with lemon juice, then finely crumble the digestive biscuit and roll the digestive crumbs around the rim of the glass.  Add all ingredients with ice into a cocktail shaker.  Give it a good old shake and double strain into the chilled martini/cocktail glass.

Now if that doesn’t enlighten your taste buds, I’m not sure what will!

Thanks for reading,

Andy