Recipe#5195

Title: English Country House Lemon Curd

From: Robert Foster
Date: Sat Jan 13 11:57:09 PST 1996 

      6 tb Unsalted butter, cut up
      6 tb Sugar
      3 lg Egg yolks
      3 tb Freshly squeezed lemon juice
  Combine ingredients in the top of a double boiler, or use an
  earthenware bowl placed over (but not touching) simmering water.
  Cook, stirring, until mixture thickens and coats the back of a spoon,
  6 or 7 minutes.
  Pour through a fine mesh strainer into a sterilized glass jar.
  Cover airtight and refrigerate when cold (mixture will thicken as it
  cools).
  Use within 4 weeks.
  Makes approximately 1 cup.