Badger Galore
Staying ‘Up Over’ for a while.
'When life gives you lemons....make lemon curd!'
So...I have been meaning to make some lemon curd for a while and now that I am on holiday what better time is there to get cracking?
In the jungle that is our winter garden there stands the lemon tree with quite a modest crop this year of lemons as big as my fist.[gallery ids="28060,28059" type="rectangular"]I followed a recipe I found on 'Taste.com' and here it is...
Lemon Curd.
INGREDIENTS
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2 eggs, plus 2 egg yolks
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3/4 cup (165g) caster sugar (I didn't have caster sugar so used granulated instead but it worked out fine.)
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1/3 cup (80g) chilled unsalted butter
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Zest and juice of 2 lemons
METHOD
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Whisk whole eggs, yolks and sugar in a saucepan until smooth, then place pan over a low heat. Add the butter, juice and zest and whisk continuously until thickened. Strain through a sieve into a sterilised jar. Lemon curd keeps, covered, in the fridge for 2 weeks.
It was as easy as that!
As Dulcie looks on.
I made two lots of it to fill these three small jars. You can see the middle jar is made up of half from each batch. It really was simple to make and tastes delicious!.....Mind you the lemons were fresh from the tree still covered in dew and the eggs were from the Frogknot 'chooks'.
Neat and tidy again.Reaping rewards.
So...after working for two full weeks before the holidays started I am now reaping the rewards and am enjoying setting up my new laptop computer, a Dell XPS 13 notebook.We also have a new pair of Ugg boots each to keep our tootsies warm in the cold winter weather.
The Emu Parade.
So....I got very excited today when the T.A in the Prep class I have been teaching in for the last fortnight came in this morning saying that there was going to be an Emu Parade over at the main school after lunch."Ooh, can we go and watch?" I asked excitedly.She looked at me a bit oddly."Well," she went on,"I'll just go and check with J (the other prep teacher) to see if she wants to have one here."I was now even more excited to think that the emus might be coming to visit us.As it turns out an Emu Parade is what the Aussies call a litter pick.It was very disappointing.