A bright lemon dessert is what guests need to be served to make them wonder and delight in tasting it. Typically, the lemon is left overboard if the housewives are looking for a recipe for something moderately sweet, vibrant and having a harmonious combination of taste. Recall what desserts are capable of this.
Lemon Kurd
Dessert, which can not be called popular, but in vain. The taste of such a treat is remembered for a long time, as is its consistency. Products can not be called rare. Today, buying a lemon is not a problem.
What is this lemon dessert? A close acquaintance reveals a delicate creamy consistency. Confectioners are confused. Many people call Kurd from lemons a cream. You can serve it as an independent delicacy, but even if you decide to use this lemon cream for dessert, smear it with a cake or cake, you will not regret it in any case.
Products for Kurd
High-quality cream does not contain starch and other thickeners. The list of ingredients for a delicious dessert is as follows:
- two large lemons;
- lemon zest - two teaspoons;
- sugar - 80 grams;
- fresh chicken eggs (we need only yolks from them - 4 pieces);
- natural butter - 60 grams;
- sieve - for straining liquid Kurd.
Cooking method
Let's start making lemon dessert with zest. It is better to remove the upper part of the yellow peel of the fruit with a special device. Then the zest is recommended to grind more strongly. Next, squeeze the juice from these lemons. It needs 120 milliliters.
In a stew-pan, which we are going to use to brew a lemon dessert, mix all four yolks with sugar. Here it is advisable to use all your zeal and ensure that sugar and yolks turn into a homogeneous mass. The whisk will cope with this task as it should.
When the yolks and sugar mix well, we spread the whole lemon zest to them. Add juice at this point.
We will cook the kurd in a boiling water bath. In a larger container, boil water and put your stewpan in it with a future lemon dessert. Without stopping stirring, keep the mixture in a water bath for at least 10 minutes. It needs to be well thickened.
After making sure that the mass is prepared, remove from the stove and filter into a separate dish through a sieve. Thus we get rid of the zest. The cream at the exit should have a smooth texture without noticeable inclusions.
In a hot lemon mass, put the cubes of butter. Now whisk the kurd with a whisk until the oil is completely dissolved.
The dessert is ready. It is better to store it in a beautiful glass jar. Lemon Kurd will be stored in the refrigerator for up to one month, but it is usually eaten much faster.
Lemon dessert "Snow Queen"
Sweet and sour taste and delicate cream - the appearance of such a treat is fully consistent with the name. The purchase of cream in a spray can significantly reduce the labor costs of a pastry chef. We start the magic, making sure that we have all the necessary ingredients for a lemon dessert without baking:
- two large lemons;
- sugar - 150 grams;
- eggs - 2 pieces;
- natural butter - 30 grams;
- air cream - to taste;
- for decor, optionally - frozen berries, chocolate chips or whatever the fantasy tells.
The nuances of preparation
Before you start cooking directly, read a few important tips:
- Products are given in three servings. Depending on how many servings you need, make a calculation by decreasing or increasing their number.
- Lemons should be scalded with boiling water. This reduces the likelihood that the wax with which the fruits can be processed gets into your dish.
- Butter before interfering with the mass is best cut into cubes. Add it only upon completion of cooking.
We bring the recipe to reality
First, remove the zest from two lemons using any convenient method. Then squeeze out all the juice that is in them in a bowl with zest. It is better to perform this action on the strainer: seeds and large flakes will not fall into the dessert and will not spoil the impression of it.
Next, we will use a small saucepan or pan. We take the dishes not enameled. Send eggs to it and fill them with all the sugar. Mix thoroughly using a whisk or mixer. Add juice and zest.
We put on a slow fire and hold the pan on it until the contents thicken. Throughout the process, do not stop stirring. We complete the preparation of the cream by adding oil and waiting for it to completely dissolve in the dishes.
We remove the pan from the stove. Now whip the cream well. Oxygen has to do its job. The basis for the dessert will be soft and airy.
Pour the cream into glasses and send it to the refrigerator for thirty minutes.
After the specified period, take out the thickened dessert. We decorate its surface with lush foam of whipped cream. We take their number to taste. Place the berry on the cream and sprinkle the surface of the dessert with chocolate chips. Cocoa powder can be used.
Lemon tart
In this lemon dessert recipe, you can use the Kurd, the recipe of which is given first in the article. The result will be a more satisfying and sweet tart (do not confuse, please, with a cake). What is included in the components for its preparation? Grocery list:
- Loose cookies - 300 grams. Perfectly recommended "Jubilee". But you can easily replace it with another one you like.
- Powdered cocoa - 3 tablespoons.
- Butter - 150 grams.
- Lemon Kurd - everything that happened according to the recipe mentioned above.
How we will create a hearty dessert with sourness
Grind cookies into small crumbs. You can do this by any available method. The finer the "grinding", the more tender the dessert will be. Pour all the cocoa powder into the crumbs. You need to do this very carefully: cocoa flies perfectly through the kitchen from any awkward movement.
Oil should be left for two to three hours at room temperature. To prepare the tart, it must be soft, but not melted. Having mixed the entire norm of butter in cocoa cookies, we get chocolate chips with a moist consistency.
We will prepare a small detachable form for operation, covering its bottom with baking paper. Getting to the formation of the product. Pour the crumbs out of the cookies into a mold and, after leveling it, raise it to the sides. Thus, we get sides that will hold lemon Kurd. Next, we make the bottom of our dessert - we ram it to make it denser. We send the resulting workpiece to the refrigerator.
Thirty minutes later, we take out the base from the cold and continue to create a delicious tart. Now we need a lemon kurd. It is advisable to cook it in advance and cool until connected to the base, since only a chilled, completely ready-to-eat cream is used for dessert. Spread it in an improvised bowl of chocolate chips. Level the surface. For a more even distribution, you can lightly tap the bottom of the form on the plane of the table.
We return the future tart to a cold place. But now forget about it for a longer time. Dessert will be in the refrigerator for at least eight hours. It’s better to do it in the evening. The next day, a magnificent dessert with chocolate-lemon flavor and aroma will appear on your table.
It can also be prepared for those gourmets who cannot be called fans of chocolate or cocoa in baked goods. For a light dessert, we do everything according to the recipe, however, we omit the paragraph on cocoa powder: we do not add it at all.
Cream dessert is also allowed.