Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Weathertop Lemon Curd

This is our flavor tweaks of the traditional lemon curd recipe.

Ingredients

  • 4 egg yolks
  • scant 1/2 cup of white sugar
  • zest of 2 good sized lemons
  • 2/3 cup of lemon juice
  • 6 tbsp of salted butter

Steps

  1. Set up double boiler (glass bowl over pot with 2 inches of water).  Bring to boil then turn down to 4.
  2. Add yolks, sugar, zest and lemon juice to the double boiler.
  3. Begin stirring with a silicon whisk and continue until the curd reaches 170*F.
  4. Remove from double boiler and whisk in the butter.
  5. Put in jar to set in fridge.
  6. Yields 1.5 cups

Mom's Cottage Cheese Pancakes

It had 3 ingredients originally, but it didn't rise at all like the pictures. Liars!  Modded.  Best served with quarts of fresh blueberries and a pint of lemon curd.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup of cottage cheese
  • 1/2 cup of oats
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 tsp of baking powder (try 1/2 tsp next time)

Steps

  1. Put all ingredients in smoothie cup and blend the hell out of it.
  2. Cook 2 minutes on a side on medium heat in skillet (cover skillet).