Lemon Butter has to be one of the easiest, cheapest and most delicious spreads to make at home. Don't believe what they say about double boilers!!
Recipe (adapted
60 g butter
2/3 cup sugar (castor if you have it)
juice of 2 lemons
4 egg yolks (i used small eggs from the farmers market)
zest of 1/2 a lemon
1. Whisk the eggs yolks and sugar together. They should make a pale creamy emulsion.
2. add a little lemon juice and whisk again to dissolve any pesky sugar crystals
3. pour into a heavy based saucepan, add the rest of the juice (always taste as you go!*), zest and butter and cook, stirring over a medium heat.
4. remove from the heat once the lemon butter coats the spoon, but keep stirring until you pour into a sterilised jar
this whole process took me about 10 minutes, and make one glorious jar of primrose coloured lemony goodness.
* my lemons were super juicy and large, so i used about 1.5 lemons worth of juice. Taste it - if it is not lemony enough add a bit more, but remember you cant take the lemon back!
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