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Bakery Style Lemon Blueberry Muffins with Lemon Curd Filling
These extremely addictive bakery-style lemon blueberry muffins from CookwithShaaa feature a homemade lemon curd filling and are topped with a silky lemon and blueberry glaze. With fresh blueberries throughout and a perfectly domed top achieved through a two-temperature baking method, these muffins deliver bakery-quality results at home.
Ingredients
- 200.000 g caster sugar
- 115.000 g unsalted butter
- 2.000 large eggs
- 1.000 tbsp lemon zest
- 2.000 tbsp lemon juice
- 0.500 tsp salt
- 205.000 g all-purpose flour
- 1.000 tsp baking powder
- 0.250 tsp baking soda
- 80.000 g Greek yogurt
- 30.000 g milk
- 150.000 g fresh blueberries
- 2.000 eggs
- 2.000 egg yolks
- 80.000 g unsalted butter
- 160.000 g caster sugar
- lemon juice
- lemon zest
- 60.000 g powdered sugar
- 2.000 tbsp lemon curd
- 2.000 tbsp heavy cream
- 0.500 cup fresh blueberries
- 0.500 tsp sugar
Instructions
- Make lemon curd: In a saucepan cook eggs, yolks, sugar, butter, lemon juice and zest on low heat, stirring constantly until thick and smooth (7-10 minutes). Strain, cool, then refrigerate.
- Prepare blueberry sauce by cooking fresh blueberries with sugar on medium heat for 5-6 minutes until thick consistency is reached. Strain, cool and keep aside.
- In a bowl sieve flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- In a separate bowl cream butter and sugar using electric hand mixer until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time, mix well. Mix in lemon zest and lemon juice.
- Add dry ingredients and milk plus yogurt mixture to wet ingredients in batches, gently fold.
- Toss blueberries in a little flour, fold into batter.
- Divide the batter evenly into a lined muffin tin.
- Bake at 425°F (220°C) for 5 minutes, then reduce oven temperature to 375°F (190°C) without opening the oven.
- Continue baking for 15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and let cool for 5 minutes.
- Mix powdered sugar, lemon curd and cream until smooth and glossy. For extra silky finish you can strain it.
- Fill the muffins with lemon curd, then top with prepared icing and a drizzle of blueberry sauce.
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