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Lemon Roulade

June 7, 2016 by Sophie Llewellyn Smith Leave a Comment

Here is one of my favourite recipes for using it up lemon cheese. It has become a family tradition for me to make this at Christmas (lovely with fresh stollen!), but I make it whenever I have a glut of lemons too. It keeps for ages in the fridge and, as well as being scrumptious on toast, crumpets or with fresh baked rolls, it also transforms many a pudding. Be warned, though, you may want to make twice the quantity of lemon cheese as this recipe uses almost the whole jar in one go!

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Lemon cheese as part of a lemon roulade
Lemon Roulade with Nanny Lowe's Lemon Cheese
Print Recipe
  • CourseDesserts
Servings
6 servings and 1 large jar of lemon cheese
Cook Time
20 + 15 minutes
Servings
6 servings and 1 large jar of lemon cheese
Cook Time
20 + 15 minutes
Lemon cheese as part of a lemon roulade
Lemon Roulade with Nanny Lowe's Lemon Cheese
Print Recipe
  • CourseDesserts
Servings
6 servings and 1 large jar of lemon cheese
Cook Time
20 + 15 minutes
Servings
6 servings and 1 large jar of lemon cheese
Cook Time
20 + 15 minutes
Ingredients
Roulade
  • 3 large eggs separated
  • 4 oz caster sugar
  • 1 lemon grated rind and juice
  • 2 1/2 oz ground almonds
  • 1/2 oz semolina or use more ground almonds
Filling
  • homemade lemon cheese (see below)
  • 1/4 pt double cream
  • 1/4 pt natural yogurt
Nanny Lowe's Lemon Cheese
  • 3 large lemons grated rind (of 2) and juice of all 3
  • 4 oz butter or margarine
  • 8 oz granulated sugar
  • 3 eggs beaten
Servings: servings and 1 large jar of lemon cheese
Instructions
For the Roulade
  1. Grease and line a 10×15” Swiss roll tin with baking parchment. Heat the oven to 150°C/Gas 3.
  2. Whisk the egg yolks and sugar until the mixture is thick enough to leave a trail on the surface when you raise the whisk. Stir in the lemon rind and juice, then fold in the ground almonds and semolina.
  3. Whisk the egg whites in a clean bowl until stiff enough to stand in peaks. Fold the whites gently into the lemon mixture until blended, then transfer into the prepared tin, smoothing the surface evenly.
  4. Cook in the pre-heated oven for 15-20 mins until golden and springy to the touch. Leave to cool, covered with a sheet of baking parchment and a damp tea-towel to keep it moist.
  5. When cool, sprinkle a sheet of greaseproof paper with caster sugar and turn the roulade out onto the sugared paper. Carefully peel away the lining paper.
  6. Meanwhile whip the cream until it forms soft swirls and fold in the natural yogurt. Spread the lemon cheese generously over the roulade and top with the cream and yogurt mix. Then, using the paper as a support, roll up from one short side and transfer carefully to a serving platter.
  7. Dust with icing sugar to serve, decorated with fresh fruit of your choice, or just as it is.
For Nanny Lowe's Lemon Cheese
  1. Melt butter and sugar gently in a large pan, taking care that the sugar doesn’t catch and burn.
  2. Beat the eggs in a separate bowl, then gradually add the juice and grated zest of the lemons, whisking as you go.
  3. Add the eggs and lemon mix to the pan, stirring constantly, and keep stirring until the mixture thickens and coats the back of a wooden spoon – 10-15 mins.
  4. I sieve at this stage for a perfectly smooth result and then pour into 2 small jars or 1 large. There is often a little bit left over from 1 large jar, but I just keep it in a small bowl in the fridge and use that up first. Recipes for lemon curd often use a bain marie to cook the mixture over a saucepan of simmering water, but my mum never did that, and it seems to work perfectly, so try it and see.
  5. Be warned, though, you may want to make twice the quantity of lemon cheese as this recipe uses almost the whole jar in one go!
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