A recipe from the Good Food collection.
juice from 2 lemons
80 g (⅓ cup) castor sugar
3 tsp cornflour
4 egg yolks
finely grated zest from 1 lemon
110g unsalted butter, softened
115g (½ cup) castor sugar
½ tsp natural vanilla extract
2 tsp finely grated lemon zest
1 egg yolk
155g (1¼ cups) plain flour
30g (¼ cup) icing sugar, for dusting
To make the lemon curd, combine the lemon juice, sugar and the cornflour in a small saucepan and, over low heat, whisk until combined. Slowly bring to the boil, stirring with a wooden spoon until the mixture thickens. Remove from the heat and whisk in the egg yolks and zest. Return to a gentle heat and cook for 2–3 minutes, stirring until well combined and thickened. Remove from the heat and place the curd in a heatproof bowl. Place plastic wrap on the surface of the curd to stop a skin forming and set aside to cool. This can be made in advance, and needs to be refrigerated.
Preheat the oven to 170C. Line two baking trays with baking paper.
Cream the butter, sugar and vanilla in a bowl using electric beaters until pale and fluffy, then add the lemon zest and egg yolk, beating until just combined. Sift in the flour and, using a wooden spoon, stir until it forms a soft dough. Turn out the dough, and gently shape it into a flat disc. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 20 minutes.
Roll the dough out between two pieces of baking paper to 3mm thick. Cut the dough into round and ring shapes, alternating between 4.5cm round-shaped cutter and a 4.5cm ring-shaped cutter so you end up with the same amount of each shape. Re-roll any leftover dough scraps and cut more rounds and rings.
Place on the prepared trays 3cm apart and bake for 9 minutes, or until lightly golden around the edges. Allow to cool on the trays for a few minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Repeat with the remaining dough.
On the cookie rounds, place a teaspoon of the lemon curd, flatten a little with a knife and then sandwich it together with a ring cookie, pressing down on the curd so it goes right to the edge. Dust the cookies with the icing sugar. Repeat with the remaining cookies.
Filled cookies will keep, stored in an airtight container for 3 days. Unfilled cookies will keep, stored in an airtight container, for up to 3 weeks.
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