Sunday, April 1st, 2012
using our grapefruits
We have a giant grapefruit tree. It is one of the only things that stood in the lot when we bought our place – that and a lot of weeds and a funky old building. The tree is huge, and the grapefruits are plentiful any time of year. Only they are quite sour, bitter really, mouth-puckeringly bitter in fact. They make the inside of your mouth feel fuzzy somehow. We have tried various ways to use the grapefruits; my kids often have a grapefruit juice stand instead of a lemonade one. But we have to add lots of sugar or agave or honey to make the stuff palatable. And even then, it isn’t something I really enjoy. And unfortunately I really DON’T like marmalade, no matter how much I try. So when I saw the recipe for grapefruit ginger curd on Heidi Swanson’s 101 cookbooks blog several weeks ago, I took notice. And today when the rain washed out our other plans, I knew what I wanted to do. Out I went into the rain to pick some grapefruits, up I went to borrow an egg from our friend, and then got to making a delicious grapefruit curd. Really lovely stuff, I love the taste and the texture. I used only honey, and I think next time I will use a bit more, and definitely some sugar. This time I won’t have to share with my kids; can’t wait for toast tomorrow morning, or maybe this afternoon……….