Melting moments with blood orange curd

Name: Melting moments with blood orange curd
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Makes 20
Ingredients: 250g butter very soft; 50g icing sugar; 250g plain flour; 50g custard powder; 2 blood oranges both zested and 1 juiced; 40g golden caster sugar; 40g unsalted butter chopped into small cubes; 1 egg yolk; 100g mascarpone

Published: March 25, 2015 at 3:05 PM

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Makes 20

Easy

Total time: 40 mins

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Blood oranges vary in intensity of colour, some are very red, others mainly orange with a few flecks. This will affect the colour of the curd.

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Ingredients

Nutrition

250g butter

very soft
50g icing sugar
250g plain flour
50g custard powder

BLOOD ORANGE CURD

2 blood oranges

both zested and 1 juiced
40g golden caster sugar
40g unsalted butter

chopped into small cubes
1 egg yolk
100g mascarpone

Nutrition: per serving

kcal189
fat13.1g
carbs16.3g
fibre0.5g
protein1.7g
salt0.2g

Method

step 1

Heat the oven to 190c/gas 170c/gas 5 and line a baking sheet with baking parchment.
Put the butter, icing sugar, flour and custard powder in a food processor and whizz to a soft dough. Spoon into a piping bag with a round nozzle.
step 2

Pipe small round biscuits about 4cm wide out on the baking sheets and press down on each with a wet finger to get rid of any peaks, or use a wet fork to make stripes.
Bake for 15-20 minutes or until firm to the touch. Leave to cool completely.
step 3

Put the juice and zest in a saucepan and bring to the boil, reduce by half and then mix in the caster sugar and butter and let the butter melt.
Cool for a few minutes then gradually mix in the egg yolk. Stir over a low heat for 10 minutes until the mixture thickens, being careful not to let it boil.
Cool completely and fold in the mascarpone.
step 4

Sandwich two biscuits together with the filling. Eat these within the day as they will soften over time or leave them unfilled until you need them.

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