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Lemonicious: lemon and liquorice Battenberg, lemon ice cream, lemon custard tarts and lemon curd meringues
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Lemonicious: lemon and liquorice Battenberg, lemon ice cream, lemon custard tarts and lemon curd meringues

36 ingredients 30 min Serves 8-10 openrecipes

This selection of lemon desserts makes a show-stopping centrepiece. You can just make one component of the recipe for something more low-key.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

908
Calories
28g
Protein
32g
Fat
125g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Water not in our table 0
Icing not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 150g/5½oz caster sugar
  • 300ml/7fl oz water
  • 4 lemons
  • 750ml/1 pint 6fl oz milk
  • 750ml/1 pint 6fl oz double cream
  • 6 free-range egg yolks
  • 100g/3½oz sugar
  • 1 vanilla pod
  • 150g/5½oz butter
  • 150g/5½oz sugar
  • 150g/5½oz plain flour
  • 3 free-range eggs
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 lemon
  • 25ml/1fl oz liquorice
  • 300g/10½oz lemon curd
  • 500g/1lb 2oz ready-to-roll black icing
  • 125g/4½ oz plain flour
  • 60g/2oz butter
  • 165g/6oz sugar
  • 2 free-range eggs
  • 5 free-range egg yolks
  • 1 vanilla pod
  • 5 lemons
  • 125ml/4fl oz double cream
  • 125ml/4fl oz milk
  • 500ml/18fl oz water
  • 500g/1lb 2oz sugar
  • 1kg/2lb 4oz glucose
  • 20 lemons
  • 4 free-range egg whites
  • 425g/15oz sugar
  • 10 lemons
  • 200g/7oz butter
  • 8 free-range eggs
  • 100g/3½oz cornflour

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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