[barry] look, we all know the best gifts to give are the ones you want for yourself
[ben] yea, like a good dvd, something you've always wanted to watch.
[barry] or hair straighteners.
[barry] which is why, we are doing food gifts.
[ben] and this is one of your favourites.
[ben] it's a curd, so we've got eggs, sugar and butter
[ben] like any good curd,
[ben] plenty of citrus, we're going for clementine and lemon,
[ben] zest and juice of both. put them in some nice jars,
[ben] nice labels, box them up, send them off as a perfect gift.
[barry] clementeene or clementine?
[ben] tomato tomato
[ben] to begin with, eggs. if you can crack four of those into the bowl..
[ben] four whole eggs, plus two egg yolks.
[ben] so i'm gonna take two and just get rid of the whites of these.
[ben] and then plenty of sugar.
[ben] to that, we enrich it with diced, cubed butter.
[ben] goes in there as well.
[barry] now we've made curd a fair few times before on sorted,
[barry] but i've never actually thought about giving it as a gift.
[ben] well, i always think about like, jam. a lot of people make jars and jars of jam,
[ben] when it's that time of year and
[ben] they give them out and everyone awaits the perfect jar of jam
[ben] from your aunty, or your grandparents of something like that,
[barry] it could become your thing.
[barry] you could be the curd person you could bring curd who brings curd to the party every time. [ben] curd meister.
[ben] give that a stir up, and to that we're gonna addd our citrus
[ben] so starts off with the zest of one lemon,
[ben] everyone knows lemon curd, probably the most familiar.
[barry] oh yea, i had that the other day, for high tea.
[ben] high tea? [barry] yea i want for high tea
[ben] instead of jam, more of like scones?
[barry] yea, was scones. i even mixed clotted cream, lemon curd, and jam together
[ben] combo.
[barry] it was incredible.
[ben] there we go, so zest of one lemon.
[ben] and then if you can just squeeze two tablespoons of lemon juice,
[barry] how am i gonna measure that out?
[ben] well, roughly. that's why i said roughly.
[ben] no pips, that's the important thing.
[ben] and this is where this one starts to change up a bit,
[ben] clementine.
[ben] the zest of two of those,
[barry] kay, so what's the difference between clementyne or clementeene?
[barry] and an orange?
[ben] well they're all part of the same family,
[ben] but a clementine is closer to like a mandarin?
[ben] so it's slightly sweeter, a lot juicier, and they got baggy skin.
[barry] isn't that a language?
[ben] err it's also a citrus fruit.
[ben] so there we go. we got the zest of one lemon and two clementines in there,
[ben] basically, heat that up so the butter starts to melt
[ben] and now we can add in all the juice.
[ben] so take our clementines and cut them that way,
[ben] to go through as many segments as possible
[ben] and squeeze out all the juice,
[ben] you'll need probably three or four clementines
[ben] you're looking for 125ml.
[ben] of clementine juice.
[barry] see for me, a good curd almost makes your face go
[barry] quite sharp. [ben] yea, they should be quite tart, definitely tart and tangy
[barry] could we just use orange juice, or bought clementine juice?
[ben] i'm not sure if you can buy clementine juice,
[ben] but yea, basically any lemon juice, orange juice
[ben] any citrus, always works.
[ben] curd is always beter with citrus.
[ben] also amazing with things like passionfruit,
[barry] oh! oh, naughty. [ben] very very nice, passionfruit curd
[ben] pineapple curd?
[ben] but basically anything sharp and tangy.
[barry] oh. [ben] okay so you've got 125ml up here
[barry] up to where?
[ben] yea, keep squeezing.
[barry] and how many jars are we looking to make all this stuff?
[ben] this should make 3 small jars, or one whopping great big jar.
[ben] 2 medium jars. it really depends on the size of your jar.
[barry] so you could give away two, keep one for yourself?
[ben] keep one for yourself.
[ben] that's it! all about making food gifts you want too [barry] best present in the world
[ben] so all of your clementine juice going into there as well.
[ben] and then you can see, it's over simmering water
[ben] the water's start to simmer, so we turn it down a little bit.
[ben] and just keep it stirring until it begins to thicken,
[ben] and basically, as the eggs warm up,
[ben] it will thicken our curd.
[ben] in the meantime, [barry] yep
[ben] we have got some jars behind you in the oven,
[ben] whenever you make jam or curd, [barry] ben, they're empty.
[ben] whenever you make jam or curd, it's important to sterilise your jar,
[ben] so when you put stuff into it, it doesn't go off.
[barry] i've never heard that before in my life.
[ben] yea, sterilise them. basically, if you don't sterilise them,
[ben] they might have micro bacteria in them,
[ben] and it'll be fine for a couple of days,
[ben] but if we're doing this properly, and we're gonna put in and give it as a gift,
[ben] when you seal it up, if you sterilise them,
[ben] no trouble.
[ben] the way to sterilise them is hot soapy water,
[ben] clean them out, dry them out.
[ben] and then put them into the oven at 140 degrees celsius
[ben] for about half an hour.
[ben] and that's just enough to kill off all bacteria
[barry] i never knew that!
[ben] then heat it over simmering water for about ten minutes or so,
[ben] stirring it regularly, until it has the consistency that will coat the back of a spoon
[ben] then it's time to portion it out, wrap it up
[ben] and get it ready as a food gift.
[barry] let's make it look good!
[ben] so as long as you sterilise your jar,
[ben] it's got a good seal, it will keep in there for a good couple of weeks,
[ben] which makes it a perfect gift to give to any of your friends or family,
[ben] who love to bake.
[barry] or, if you want it as a gift from a friend,
[barry] then give em a little note by clicking on the link below.
[ben] this is our clementine curd, as a food gift. sorted.