Lemon Curd

Lemon Curd - not lemon crud as my fingers keep wanting to type. This is a result of my friend Maggie Facebooking about lemon curd, lemon curd lemon curd. I looked through her site for her recipe but didn't find it so I searched and melted and mingled a combination of a few recipes for this one.

3/4c Lemon Juice
Zest of 1 Lemon
3/4C Sugar
3 Eggs
1/2c Butter

Couple of things; Already said this but use real lemon juice, but also real butter. I once heard margarine is more closely related to the make up of plastic than food. I'm not sure if that's true but it taste horrific. Don't use it. Don't feed it to your kids. Butter baby. mmmmm butter.

Now you could cook this with a double boiler and feel fancy shmancy. But I don't have a double boiler. And Lemon Curd seems fancy shmancy enough so why overdo it?
The reason a lot of recipes say double boiler is because you don't want lemon and scrambled eggs and if you plop some eggs into a hot lemony pan of goodness you're going to get scrambled lemon eggs. So, people go the double boiler way. But there is another way and I like it.

Take the butter and sugar and cream them up in your mixer. Then add the eggs one at a time and incorporate them fully. Everything will look lovely and soft and yellow. Then add your zest and juice and mix it up a bit more.

NOW let's cook it. Pour that lovely lemony mix into your pot and cook it on medium. Note I said medium, not medium high, not high medium, just medium. Cook it on medium and stir it. Don't stop stirring it. Okay you can stop to find the little one her binky or kick the dog out but don't walk away. Stir it on MEDIUM for about 15 minutes. It will start to get thick and delicious. When it starts to get thick and deliciously sticky on your spoon then you're golden. Pour it into a pint jar cover it up let it cool and really thicken up. Then my friend you are ready for lemon curd joy. Biscuits, scones, cakes, cupcakes, pancakes, crepes, lather it on and have your tiara near by because you are going to feel like your pedigree just came in and you are now Princess Lemonbottom of Curdshire.