This Quick & Easy Peach Curd is smooth, delicious and packed with peach flavour. It’s also fool proof and impossible to curdle with my super simple and fast method. With no double boilers or 30 minutes of stirring needed, you’ll love this peachy twist on classic lemon curd.
Remove the stone and chop 300g Fresh Peaches. You do want this weight to be after they have been destoned. You do not need to peel the peaches.
Add the chopped peaches to a medium saucepan along with 100ml Water. Cook the peaches over a medium heat until the pieces are soft enough to easily squash with a spatula – around 5 minutes.
Add 100g Salted Butter, 175g Sugar and 2 tbsp Lemon Juice to the peaches.
Continue to stir over the heat until the sugar and butter have melted – around 1 to 2 minutes.
Pour the mixture into a large jug or blender jug ready to puree.
Use a stick blender or regular blender to puree the peach mixture until it is as smooth as possible.
Add 4 Eggs and blend again until everything is incorporated.
Strain the mixture back into the saucepan. This will remove the remaining pieces of peach skin.
Stir the mix over the heat until it has thickened. You can raise the heat a little at the beginning to get the heat up. And you can continue to adjust the heat so that the mixture is no hotter than a very light simmer. If you are underconfident, keep the heat low – it will just take longer to thicken. Keep stirring and make sure to keep scraping along the bottom of the pan. Do not walk away or take your eyes of the pan.
The curd is ready once it coats the back of a spoon or spatula. This should take no more than 8 to 10 minutes. You will know it is ready when it stops getting any thicker.
Take the curd off the heat and pour into jars or storage containers.