Wednesday
Sep232009

« ...Lemon Curd

Rich, smooth and mouth-puckeringly tangy -  surely The English Provender Co.'s Luxury Lemon Curd is the best lemon curd in the world?  

It’s also every clever cook’s shortcut to creating scrumptious puddings and sweet treats. Fold into cream cheese and spread over a biscuit base for a light and dreamy cheesecake and see what we mean.

Luxury Lemon Curd is fantastic smeared generously onto hot buttered toast for an instant naughty snack – then try one of these 10 tempting ways to use up the rest of the jar, although we are sure you will have your own ideas...

10 Ways with Lemon Curd:
1. Use for an instant lemon meringue pie filling that miles better than the packet stuff
2. Fill sweet shortcrust pastry cases with lemon curd topped with blueberries
3. Swirl into crème fraiche and freeze for a fast lemon ripple ice cream
4. Split a Victoria sponge and spread thickly with lemon curd and whipped cream
5. Top a steamed sponge pudding with lemon curd – then serve covered in custard
6. Layer lemon curd with ice cream, strawberries and cream in tall sundae glasses
7. Pile raspberries and lemon curd on top of a featherlight pavlova
8. Swirl into creamy Greek yoghurt and top with crunchy muesli 
9. Mix lemon curd with a splash of Cointreau and orange zest and spoon inside pancakes
10. Smother cupcakes with a citrussy lemon curd and buttercream frosting