Kiwi curd - for cooks who like to experiment and try offbeat foods.
Thanks to Fruitdrop it all began with a massive box of seasonal fruit being delivered on my doorstep. There were apples, pears, tangerines, flat peaches, bananas, raspberries, grapes and kiwis. My once bare fruit bowl was now brimming with abundance and when my daughter came home from school she ogled the mountain of fruit. Instead of whining for sweets, which happens on a daily basis, she asked whether she could have a peach. It must have been due to its novel shape. She loved it and asked for another. She ended up eating three peaches and a pear in one sitting. It just proves that having an attractive array of fruit in sight makes picking the healthier option for a snack so much easier.
Fruitdrop is mainly aimed at corporate clients to promote healthy eating among its employees with the hopes for improved work performance by keeping them healthy. Box prices start from as little as £20 and can be delivered to offices on a regular or ad hoc bases. Nutriboxes, prices start at £40, are also available and these are stuffed full of healthy, less perishable snacks when people get the munchies. Lastly, milk is also on offer. 
In the meantime I've also received a Froothie Optimum 9400 machine. Since it's an Australian company, the brand is relatively unknown in the UK. Vitamix is quite famous by now but its price clocks in at £600, which is off-putting. At £329, almost half of the latters price, Froothie is much more affordable plus, and this is a big plus, its motor is much stronger at 2,238 Watts compared to Vitamix's 1,492 Watts.
When fellow blogger Jac from Tinned Tomatoes published her Lime Curd I just couldn't resist making my own. Preparing curd in the old-fashioned way is a pain. Memories came back when I prepared lemon curd for the first time - standing over the hob, stirring what felt like forever. Emotions ranged from pure boredom to frustration to panic, praying I didn't cockup the mixture by overcooking the eggs.
Suddenly life became much easier with the Froothie. It's a matter of peeling the kiwis, separating the eggs and measure out the ingredients and placing everything in the jug.
Always start the machine on the lowest setting. After everything has more or less been chopped up and everything is spinning fluidly you can then start increasing the power systematically.
You'll end up with the maximum setting of 10. This is when you leave the machine alone to work it's magic for a full 5 minutes and stare in wonderment how you lived without one for all these years.
What I found particularly fascinating is how the contents start to heat up after a few minutes, thus cooking the eggs. After the five minutes, cut the butter in similar sized pieces, about four or five of them, and drop it through the lid's hole one by one. Switch the machine off after a minute.
It really is as easy as that. You can pour it in sterilised jars - more information here - or simply place it in a bowl like I did and chill it in the fridge. We all know it won't last more than a day or two in the fridge.
The kiwi's black seeds were completely pulverised and who knew inside they were tinged slightly red. You would have thought the curd should be green but the egg yolks and butter reigned in colour and the kiwi's pigment simply isn't strong enough. If you find other recipes on the web and the photos show a green preserve, rest assured in knowing food colouring was used. We don't want any chemical nasties in our food, do we?
The leftover egg white can be used to make meringue and with some spare kiwis you can make mini pavlovas like I did here. You can make your breakfast a bit naughty by having plain yogurt, fresh fruit and a dollop of kiwi curd. It can be used as a cake filling, in bread and butter pudding, or if all else fails, have it on a slice of bread. My guilty secret is eating it straight with a spoon. Oh, and the taste? Divine!
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Kiwi Curd
- Total Time: 12
- Yield: 20 1x
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 3 kiwis, peeled and chopped
- 1 lime, juice and zest
- 6 egg yolks
- 250ml (1 cup) sugar
- 120g (4oz) butter
Instructions
Instructions
- Place the kiwis, lime juice, lime zest, egg yolks and sugar in the Froothie machine.
- Starting on the power setting at 1, switch on the Froothie and wait until everything has more or less blended.
- Slowly and systematically increase the power setting until you reach the maximum level, which is 10.
- Leave it motoring for 5 minutes then over a period of one minute add the butter in equal quantities.
- Pour the contents in a container and let it chill in the fridge.
- Prep Time: 5
- Cook Time: 7
- Cuisine: Cuisine
Nutrition
- Calories: 104
- Sugar: Sugars
- Sodium: 37 mg
- Fat: 6.3 g
- Carbohydrates: 12.1 g
- Fiber: Dietary Fiber
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 76 mg
Keywords: kiwi curd
P.S. This is a sponsored post for Fruitdrop. The Optimum 9400 was gratefully received from Froothie.
PeterDelicious
I would never have thought to do this, but I bet it's delicious. I love the fact you did the whole thing in a blender too. I only have to read the words 'double boiler' and I run screaming.
PeterDelicious
I would never have thought to do this, but I bet it's delicious. I love the fact you did the whole thing in a blender too. I only have to read the words 'double boiler' and I run screaming.
Camilla @FabFood4All
Wow Michelle I would never have thought to make Kiwi Curd and I'd love to give it so someone and ask them to guess which kind it was without tasting - I bet no-one would get it right! Having masterd my Granny's Quick Lemon Curd recently (thanks for featuring) I really need to get more adventrurous like you:-) I would certainly love some Kiwi Curd with maybe an Eton Mes with extra Kiwi - yum!
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Urvashi
Love this machine! Am reading so much about it at the moment. And kiwi curd sounds brilliant. Really funny colour though!
Deena kakaya
What a lovely and pretty idea, I imagine te sweet shap flavours work so well, gorgeous x
Helen @ Fuss Free Flavours
I love curds made in the blender, so so easy to make and so delicious!
Sally - My Custard Pie
Pinning this for using in my Vitamix (sorry) - love fruit curds and while happy to stay stirring over a pot for lemon curd if there's something good on Radio 4 this is very appealing time saver.
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Fish Fingers for tea
I have never made kiwi curd! In fact I am not very adventurous with kiwi at all. I am reading so much about this machine at the moment, and getting very tempted!
Jen @ Blue Kitchen Bakes
The only curd I've ever made is Nigella's cranberry curd, and it took so long to make that I haven't bothered trying to make any other fruit curds. This gives me another reason to add the Froothie to my wish list, kiwi curd sounds very tasty 🙂
Sarah (@tamingtwins)
This looks so delicious Michelle. I am slightly in awe of this method of making curd. You've inspired me to try it.. Not sure my £5 blender will be up to the job!!
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Katie Bryson
I've yet to make curd in my Vitamix, but I really need to get my backside into gear and get on with it, coz that Kiwi curd looks incredible!!!
Laura@howtocookgoodfood
You know I have serious Froothie envy, I need one in my life and your photos of kiwi curd are unbelievable, so good. The curd sounds so summery and refreshing.
Choclette
What a gorgeous box of fruit - I can quite see why your daughter was tempted. I've made a variety of fruit curds now, but would never have thought of Kiwi fruit - lovely idea.
Jacqueline Meldrum
What a brilliant flavour for a curd Michelle. Gorgeous photos too. Thanks for linking to me 🙂
Kate @ Veggie Desserts
Wow, kiwi curd. It looks amazing! I'm definitely going to try this in my Froothie blender. So easy and I love kiwi!
kellie@foodtoglow
Gorgeous recipe and look. What a great idea for the under-used kiwi fruit. Your pictures are lovely too 😉
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Jeanne Horak-Druiff
Now there's a concept - kiwi curd! I have been adding a spoonful of lemon curd to low-fat plain Greek yoghurt at breakfast recently and am now slightly addicted. Would love for my yoghurt to meet your kiki curd 😉
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Renil M. George
this card is looking so yummy, great idea
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Kareem Gallon
A love everything with kiwi, and this curd is no exception!
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