Preparation info
  • Serve

    4 to 6

    unless otherwise stated.
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Two Fat Ladies Obsessions

By Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Dickson Wright

Published 1999

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Ingredients

  • ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
  • cups sugar

Method

Put the butter, sugar, and the lemon zest and juice into a double boiler, or into a bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water. Stir the mixture with a wooden spoon until the sugar has completely dissolved.

Remove the pan from the heat and strain in the beaten eggs. Replace the saucepan over a low heat and stir the contents until the mixture thickens and coats the back of the wo