Alison Niven

Rita’s Lemon Curd

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Preparation info
  • Makes about

    500

    ml
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Gloagburn: Recipes from a Scottish Farm
Gloagburn

By Alison Niven

Published 2025

  • About

Ian’s mum, Rita, makes the best lemon curd I’ve ever had. Eat it on toast, or better still use it to top the Limoncello Pavlova.

Ingredients

  • 4 eggs
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 115 g unsalted butter

Method

  1. Beat the eggs and egg yolks together in a bowl.
  2. Melt the butter in a saucepan over a low heat, then stir in the lemon juice and zest, then the sugar and beaten eggs.
  3. Cook, still on a low heat, and stir until the curd has thickened to the consistency of custard. Don’t rush it as you don’t want the curd to boil and scramble.
  4. Remove from the he