Recipe Orange curd

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This is similar to my late Grannie's Recipe - Lemon Curd recipe and is indeed written up on the same piece of paper as the lemon curd recipe. I'd recommend organic oranges or home grown if you can get hold of them because the rind will be utilised after the sugar lumps have been rubbed over the skins.

Ingredients
3 large oranges
5 oz lump sugar
3 oz butter
2 eggs (lightly beaten)

Method

1. Wash and dry the oranges. Rub the sugar lumps over the orange skins until they have soaked up the oils from the skin. Now grate off the remaining peel on the finest grater blade you have. Now chop the zest as thoroughly as possible and finally squeeze the orange juice and then pass it through a seive. You should have about 250 mI of orange juice from 3 large oranges.
2. Add the juice, zest, suger lumps and butter to a saucepan and melt the butter & sugar over the lowest possible. heat.
3. Now gently pour the saucepan contents over the beaten eggs, mix and return the mixture to the pan. Gently return the mixture to a low simmer, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens. Cook for a few more minutes and put up in sterilized jam jars and seal. Once cold, store in a fridge.

Makes ¾lb.

 

[TastyReuben]

I like lemon curd, so I know I’ll like this even better.