C – Jim loves to request lemon curd.
It’s his favorite sweet thing. I have no clue what he puts it on. But, he seems to request it a lot. I dread making it, to be honest. It takes a while to stir everything together. Also, some lemons can be bitter. I am not sure why.
Even when I am careful not to put in the rind. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong?
I usually avoid the bitter/metal taste, but I have to be careful.
This grapefruit curd had the same challenges the first time I made it … maybe even more challenges.
Stirring and tasting it, I was concerned it was going to be too sweet and there wasn’t enough grapefruit taste.
I forgot that grapefruits are a lot sweeter than lemons. I had added a lot of sugar. Luckily, I tried squeezing some lemon juice in. It balanced out the sweetness. It actually enhanced the grapefruit juice, too.
I didn’t get a bitter/metal taste to this one, either. I was very glad.
Grapefruit curd has a much different taste than lemon curd. At first you don’t really get a grapefruit flavor. But, once you swallow you know it’s grapefruit. I like it.
| Grapefruit Week: Grapefruit Curd |
- 1 grapefruit
- 1½ cups granulated sugar
- 1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature
- 4 large eggs
- ½ cup grapefruit juice
- ½ lemon, juice
- ⅛ tsp kosher salt
- Using a carrot peeler, remove the zest of the grapefruit, being careful to avoid the white pith.
- Put the zest in a food processor fitted with the steel blade. Pulse to breakup the zest into fine bits.
- Add the sugar and pulse until the zest is very finely minced into the sugar.
- Cream butter in medium bowl. Then, beat in sugar and grapefruit mixture.
- Add the eggs, one-at-a-time, combining well.
- Add grapefruit and lemon juice.
- Add salt. Mix until well combined.
- Pour the mixture into a 2 quart saucepan and cook over low heat until thickened (about 10 -20 minutes) stirring constantly. The curd will thicken at about 170 degrees F, or just below simmer.
- Remove from heat and cool, then refrigerate.
- Serve with cookies, scones, on top of cake or ice cream. You can do so many things with this recipe.
- Enjoy!
I always forget how much I like eating any type of curd, since I dread making it so much.
I do like eating it.