The quickest homemade gift....

It's almost the end of term and boy, are we all feeling it?! What with that, the heat and the humongous thunderstorm over the weekend, this household is on a bit of a go-slow today. And, of course, that means my best laid plans for teacher's gifts has slightly gone out of the window....well, almost...

I did manage to get the pre-school teachers theirs from from the whole class. No mean feat to attempt to get 45 fingerprints on a mug!! I managed 32 & am pretty pleased with that. 









Not the best photos but they are truly lovely in real life! You'll have to trust me on that. 

Many thanks to Rosie at Crockadoodledo for turning these around so quickly. 

And later, I'm going to string a necklace for my elder daughter's teacher using buttons and beads given by all her classmates.

Hmmm, maybe I haven't done so badly after all....

Some of their other classes are finishing too for the summer & I wanted to give a little treat to their teachers. But it had to be quick since I'm almost out of energy. And ta-dah, je vous prèsente "Citrus Curd"!

It is great on many levels - I got to use up the lemons, limes & mandarins that are hanging around my kitchen (without turning them into a cocktail, although that's quite appealing too!!), it took a total of 10 minutes AND used up some of the jam jars I keep and that drive my husband nutty!!

Wanna know how??

Take your lemons or limes or mandarins (or a combination of all three). 


Juice them to get approx 250ml.



In a separate bowl whisk 200g caster sugar with 3 eggs. Add the citrus juice and 100g melted butter. Whisk all together until well combined. 

Microwave for 1 minute, remove, stir, then cook again until the mixture thickens & sticks to the back of a spoon. I reckon 5 minutes total. 

Give it a good stir then pour into sterilised jam jars. Allow to cool before putting lid on.




Click here for a downloadable recipe.

Yummington! Now to make some labels - and resist eating all of this myself!!


UPDATE: here are some photos (albeit not the best) of the finished necklace. Charlotte's teacher loved it! Hooray!










Comments

  1. Great mugs! I love the idea of the class all bringing in a button or bead for a necklace. I am going to store that one in my brain for next year (better write it down somewhere, brain not so reliable). We might have a Mr teacher this year, but I can make a key chain along the same lines. Thanks Jo!

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    1. Their teacher LOVED the necklace. It even had some Lego bits in it from the boys! I'll post a photo in an update.

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  2. Really lovely heart felt gifts, you've so earned that cocktail ;)

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    1. Everyone really appreciated their gifts and I REALLY enjoyed my cocktail!

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  3. Mmmm citrus curd, and in the microwave no less. Yummm. Defs going to try that.

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    1. I'm hoping the link to the recipe will work now. Do let me know if it doesn't.

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