Lemon Curd Muffins Mary Berry Food

MOIST LEMON DRIZZLE MUFFINS WITH LEMON CURD FILLING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius (390 Fahreneheit).
• Sift the flour, and add it to a bowl together with the 100 grams of sugar and baking powder.
• Beat the egg well until pale yellow and fluffy, add the milk and cooled melted butter.
• Pour it over the dry ingredients, then grate the lemon and add the lemon zest to the other ingredients.
• Use a spatula to mix gently until you get a batter, making sure you don't over mix it.
• Grease and flour a 6-hole muffin tin, add half a tablespoon of batter to each hole, sprinkle a little bit of flour over, then add one teaspoon of lemon curd, sprinkle more flour over, and top with the remaining batter.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes until golden.
• Squeeze the lemon juice out of the lemon used for the zest, and mix it with the 3 tablespoons of sugar.
• When the muffins are ready, drizzle the lemon juice mixture over as soon as they come out of the oven.
• Leave to cool, then use a sharp knife to loose up the edges, then should come out easily.
• Serve with extra lemon curd if you wish.

LEMON CURD MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 190oC/375oF/gas 5. Line a 12 whole muffin tin with paper cases.
• Sieve the flour into a bowl mix in the sugar
• mix together the egg, sunflower oil, milk and vanilla extract in a bowl
• Make a well in the flour and sugar mix add some of the liquid mix into the centre of the well in the flour mix then stir in (this helps the dry and wet mixes mix together) continue to stir in the wet mix to the dry mis to make the muffin batter add some juice of a lemon stir it in.
• fill the muffin cases half full withthe batter then place 1 tsp of lemon curd on top then top up the muffin cases with remaining muffin batter.
• place in the pre heated oven on the middle shelf DO NOT SLAM the door. Bake for 10-15 minutes until risen and firm.
• For the sugar coating, microwave the lemon curd on high for 1 minute until melted. Put the sugar into a shallow bowl. Brush on the melted lemon curd top of each muffin and dip the tops of each muffin in the sugar to coat the tops.
• If anyone can't get hold of Lemon Curd at your local store, you can make your own. Below I have included a recipe but feel free to use your own recipe.
• The following will make a single large jar of lemon curd. Obviously you can multiply up the quantities to make more.
• Put a large bowl over a pan of water. Put this on the heat, and once the water has come to the boil put 55g (2oz) of unsalted butter and 225g (8oz) of sugar into the bowl.
• Meanwhile, grate the rind of two lemons and squeeze their juice into another bowl. Once the butter has fully melted, add the rind and juice to your large bowl over the pan. Finally, beat two eggs and pour them into the mixture. Stir the mixture with a wooden spoon. Keep it moving slowly all the time so that it coats the edges of the bowl. This will allow it to start cooking on the hot glass. Over the next 20 to 30 minutes it will thicken and you may start to see some white parts forming in the otherwise yellow mixture. This is perfectly normal. Eventually you will see that the mix has become considerably thicker and you will be able to draw the spoon through it and see the bottom of the bowl. Once you have reached this stage it is ready to be poured into the jar.
• Remove the pan from the heat and very carefully ladle the hot mixture into a sterilised jar using a funnel if necessary to help you get it in, without it running down the sides.

LEMON CRUMB MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. In another bowl, combine the eggs, sour cream, butter, lemon zest and juice. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full. , In a small bowl, combine flour and sugar; cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle over batter., Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. In a small bowl, whisk glaze ingredients; drizzle over warm muffins. Serve warm.

LEMON CURD MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees; line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper liners.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• In a large bowl, using an electric mixer on med-high speed, beat sugar, butter and lemon zest until light and fluffy.
• Beat in cream cheese until blended.
• Beat in egg, lemon juice and vanilla until blended.
• Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture and gently stir with a wooden spoon until just blended.
• Divide half the batter equally among prepared muffin cups.
• Spoon 2 tsp of the lemon curd into the center of each cup of batter.
• Top with the remaining batter and sprinkle with turbinado sugar.
• Bake in oven for 22-24 minutes or until tops are golden brown and spring back when touched.
• Let cool in pan on a wire rack for 5 minutes, then transfer to the rack to cool.