Making Lime Curd

Using the lime juice squeezed from my lime tree, we canned four jars of delicious lime curd.

The entire process required approximately one hour of time.  The basic recipe for the lime curd included the following ingredients- 2 1/2 C of ultrafine sugar

                                                                       1/4 C of lime zest

                                                                       1 C fresh squeezed lime juice

                                                                       3/4 C butter

                                                                        7 large egg yolks

                                                                        4 large whole eggs

 

The ingredients

  

Mixing

  

Whisking

  

Heating with the butter

  

Checking the temperature

  

Canning in the boiling water bath

 

The finished product- canned lime curd!