LEMON BUTTER

This recipe is found in ' Ladies Own Companion'and this is one of the 'receipts'1879 . Here is how I used the original recipe today in The Manor ......I did not change the original recipe . Beat together 250ml of lemon juice with 105 gm of castor sugar 1 tbs of cornflour , 2 well beaten eggs , 120 gm of butter / marg (I used marg ) . Heat this mixture over the lowest of heat , stirring all the time until the mixture thickens. Bottle and store in the cool of your pantry or in your refrigerator for 6 months ... trust me... once you taste this you will be sharing and remaking it again . You can can use limes in place of lemons . You can all it lemom butter or lemon curd , regardles it is delicious .