This easy Forest Fruit Curd recipe is a fabulous way to do something a little different with that bag of black forest fruits languishing in the freezer! The method for making this smooth treat is fool proof and the flavour is out of the world!
Tip 250g Forest Fruits Mix into a medium saucepan.
Cook the fruit over a medium heat until the fruit is no longer frozen – around 2-3 minutes.
Add 80g Salted Butterand 90g Sugar to the fruit.
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 fruit mixture until it is as smooth as possible.
Add 2 Eggs and blend again until everything is incorporated.
Strain the mixture back into the saucepan. This will remove the remaining pips etc.
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.
Notes
If for some annoying reason your curd decides to break.split during the thickening process, you can simply blend it again before storing and it will come back together as a smooth curd.