Lime & Ginger Curd
I know this isn’t strictly about chocolate. Actually this isn’t about chocolate at all, but it did come about because of our We Should Cocoa chocolate challenge and it will be featuring in a couple of chocolate recipes to come. The lime challenge gave me so many ideas and as ususal with these things, my list of recipes to make has grown even longer. Phil from As Strong As Soup made lime curd as part of his entry and Chele over at Chocolate Teapot has also recently made it. I so liked the idea of making lime curd that I was determined to do so and worry about what to do with it afterwards. In the end I adapted a recipe for Lime and Ginger Curd that I found in one of the books I’d borrowed from the library, Seasonal Preserves by Joanna Farrow.
- Grated the zest of three well scrubbed limes and blended in a food processor with 150g granulated sugar. The theory behind this was to make the sugar green and give some colour to the final product. It did make the sugar a lovely pastel green, but as you can see from the pictures did not make much of a difference to the curd. An unnecessary step which I wouldn’t bother repeating if I made this again.
- Put the sugar in a bowl and placed over a pan of gently simmering water with the juice squeezed from the three limes. Stirred until the sugar had dissolved.
- Added 25gz grated ginger (washed but not peeled) and 50g unsalted butter. Left until butter had melted.
- Whisked in 2 duck eggs then stirred the mixture for rather longer than the 15 minutes stated in the book – about 25 mins, until it had thickened enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon.
- Poured mixture through a sieve, pressing the contents through with a spoon to remove all lumps and bits of grated ginger.
- Poured into sterilised jars. Left to cool then stored in the fridge.
katesbakesandcakes
10th May 2011
Funny enough I just attempted lemon cuts for the first time at the weekend, I was really pleased with it and practically licked the bowl clean before realising I needed some for a cake! oops! But I was looking for a lime cues recipe last night, keen to explore more cords so thank you very much for the inspiration!
Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella
10th May 2011
This sounds like a delicious flavour combination and piquant enough to lift the creamy, sweet curd too! 🙂
Kath
10th May 2011
I keep meaning to make it too, yours sounds delicious with the added ginger.
manu
10th May 2011
This sound so yummy and freah!!! LOL
Suman Singh
10th May 2011
I can imagine the flavor of lemon and ginger in yogurt..simply delicious and great recipe!
Dom at Belleau Kitchen
10th May 2011
but you didn’t dye it bright green like mine?… still, love the yellow!… can’t wait to see what you do with this… i’m assuming it’ll be some kind of lime roulade… oh god I cant wait!!
Grazing Kate
10th May 2011
looks amazing – great idea. I’ll try that as a variation on one of my meringue and ‘lemon’ curd cooking days this summer. Lime and ginger are a fab combo – e.g. Thai cooking and also in drinks – a Itchy Feet cafe in Bath used to do a homemade lime and ginger soda that was v refreshing that I could never replicate at home!
BTW: Have you tried Montezuma’s Sea Dog Chocolate? – it’s plain chocolate with lime and sea salt. I love it, the the other 3 members of my family can’t stand it – it’s therefore perfect!
Chocolate Here
10th May 2011
Yom! Bet that would go well with chocolate 😉
Gloria
10th May 2011
I love this type of recipes, I love lemon curd, so this lima curd with ginger sound delicious!
Chele
10th May 2011
Oooooooooooooh – loving the idea of adding ginger! Will need to make another batch to give this a try ;0)
Baking Addict
10th May 2011
What a lovely colour. I think it’s time I made my own curd.
PS totally vouch for Montezuma’s sea dog. I used it for the lime challenge – really delicious!
Choclette
10th May 2011
Kate – this was my first attempt at lime curd and still haven’t made lemon. But I have made rhubarb curd in the past and that was really good.
Lorraine – sweet and sour can work really well.
Kath – next time, I think I’d add more ginger. It’s a lovely flavour combination.
Manu – thank you, just wish I’d made more now 😉
Suman – lime and ginger are a classic and the curd went particularly well with mascarpone.
Dom – very forgiving of you. Don’t hang out for my curd / roulade creation – it was a complete disaster Well perhaps not complete, it tasted great.
Grazing Kate – lime and ginger soda sounds good. Weirdly, I scoffed a whole bar of Sea Dog today (no CT around to share it with). It was delicious.
Gillian – you know what? It does 😉
Gloria – ooh, what type of curds have you made?
Baking Addict – it’s worth the effort, home made is so very much nicer than bought. As mentioned above, I ate my way through a whole bar of Sea Dog today. I was working from home and needed it – that’s my excuse.
Ananda Rajashekar
10th May 2011
I’m love with yellow colour this season, lime and ginger is a great combo…gorgeous ones!
The KitchenMaid
10th May 2011
Looks amazing – as do all your recent posts. I’m still in awe of those goose eggs!
C
10th May 2011
It looks gorgeous – fabulous colour! Must get round to making my own curd one of these days!
Phil in the Kitchen
10th May 2011
Ginger is an interesting addition – I’ve not tried that. Love the colour, too. I must make some more curd as soon as I feel a bit less fat.
hopeeternalcookbook
10th May 2011
Oh yum, I can see my husband liking this! I must have a go at making some soon. I’m putting it on my list of curds (as well as citrus ones I have posted about Blackberry, Banoffee and am just about to add Mango). I like the sound of your Rhubarb too – is there a recipe anywhere?
hopeeternal
‘Meanderings through my Cookbook’
hopeeternalcookbook
10th May 2011
Oh yum, I can see my husband liking this! I must have a go at making some soon. I’m putting it on my list of curds (as well as citrus ones I have posted about Blackberry, Banoffee and am just about to add Mango). I like the sound of your Rhubarb too – is there a recipe anywhere?
hopeeternal
‘Meanderings through my Cookbook’
Les rêves d'une boulangère (Brittany)
11th May 2011
I love citrus curds but really haven’t experimented with them much as my recipe bank is lacking. So, thanks for this recipe!
Ocean Breezes and Country Sneezes
11th May 2011
What a decadent curd! How do you think you’ll use it?
Have a wonderful week!
Choclette
11th May 2011
Chele – welll I think of you as the Queen of curds, so would be expecting to see another batch appearing on your blog sometime soon 😉
Ananda – thank you. It’s the colour that pleased me most, although it does taste very good too.
Kitchenmaid – thank you. Some more good recipes to come – very behind with posts and I’ve used goose eggs again.
C – thank you. Warning – home made curd is so much nicer than bought, it’s hard to go back once you’ve started.
Phil – it’s very hard to be modest with all these lovely things to tempt one on folk’s blogs. I’m not very good at it.
Hopeeternal – I’m guessing I used a recipe, but can’t for the life of me think where I got it from. I’ve had a trawl around likely suspects on my book shelves, but haven’t found it. It’s possible I used another curd recipe and just substituted rhubarb. I last made it a few years ago.
Brittany – let me know if you make it and what you think.
Ocean Breezes – it’s all gone now. I’ll be posting about how I used it in the next week or so. I managed three recipes and had some of it on toast and very nice it was too.
Maria♥
11th May 2011
That curd sounds and looks lush!
Maria
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Maggie
11th May 2011
I like the idea of lime and ginger curd too! It is an incredible colour too.
Three-Cookies
11th May 2011
New to your blog, I like the recipes and the title with specific mention of chocolate:)
Jacqueline
11th May 2011
How wonderful Choclette! I do love curd. Mangocheeks just made a lovely Banoffee Cur, so I don’t know which to make first! Oh and where did you get those lovely jars?
Choclette
11th May 2011
Maria – thank you.
Maggie – thank you, I so like the colour, quite glad it wasn’t green after all.
Three Cookies – thanks for visiting. Chocolate by name, chocolate by nature 😉
Choclette
11th May 2011
Jac – you posted your comment at the very same time as me 🙂 A hard decision to make. Shall have to check out the Banoffee curd. as for the jars, they are jam jars or chutney jars or something I’ve collected at some point and the lids are marmite pot lids.
Bridgett ~ La Bella Cook
11th May 2011
Oh goodness, I may just put this on anything. The color is fabulous as well….very appealing flavors.
Hannah
12th May 2011
This would be perfect on my beloved morning oatmeal! That is, if I could bring myself to give up the huge spoon of nut butter… 😛
LF
12th May 2011
The curd looks gorgeous! Citrus curd is one of those things I’ve never made, but I’ve got my eye on a tart that requires lemon curd that I was planning to make this weekend, so perhaps I should give it a go and make my own?!
Choclette
12th May 2011
Bridgett – I can vouch for it being good on toast and good on scones as well as cake of course.
Hannah – now what a nice thought. Wouldn’t have thought of using it for that. Wouldn’t have thought about using nut butter either. Both sound good.
LF – do have a go, it isn’t hard. I made a tart with some of mine and it was delicious.
celia
14th May 2011
It looks very pretty, Choc! I’ve made lime curd from duck eggs, and I think the golden colour is from the yolks – it was super rich too!
Foodycat
15th May 2011
That looks absolutely gorgeous! The colour is amazing, and I love the idea of adding ginger.
torwen
19th May 2011
That’s a wonderful recipe! I love the addition of ginger 🙂
However, I doubt I can get duck eggs here *hehe*
Jill Colonna
25th May 2011
I LOVE it. Lime and ginger? Heaven.
Choclette
25th May 2011
Foodycat – thank you. The ginger is definitely a welcome addition.
Torwen – thank you. Don’t worry about the duck eggs, it’s well worth making anyway.
Jill Colonna – Heaven indeed.
Choclette
25th May 2011
Celia – thank you. As you know I’m rather fond of sunny bright colours. Am sure your hens eggs give an excellent result too.
Nic@daydreamaboutfood
28th May 2011
Love this recipe – definitely making it! I’ve successfully made lemon curd before so fingers crossed this should come out ok:)