Name: Lemon Curd
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter (cubed); 2/3 cup sugar; 1/2 cup lemon juice; 2 large eggs; 2 large egg yolks

Lemon curd is a preserve, a dessert spread & a filling made with lemon juice, eggs, butter & sugar. And it’s delicious spread on hot, buttered toast or folded or layered into a dessert. And it’s easy to make…

Some recipes you’ve seen might instruct you to cook lemon curd over a double boiler: a bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water. You don’t have to do that. A saucepan, low heat & constant stirring is all it takes to make this buttery, tangy spread.

And while lemon curd is readily available in most stores, homemade lemon curd surpasses any store-bought variety. It’s served cold so is best made a day or two ahead of serving it or using it in a dessert recipe such as: Lemon Curd Cheesecake Bars, Lemon Curd Cream Pastries or Lemon Curd Coconut Cake. In all honesty – we just love it on toast.

Cheers, Lovoni

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Lemon Curd

With a few simple ingredients – butter, lemon juice, sugar & eggs you can make this bright, buttery, almost mouth-puckering dessert spread to use in desserts or spread on crusty fresh bread or buttered toast.

Prep Time5 mins

Cook Time10 mins

chill8 hrs

Total Time15 mins

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Australian, French

Author: Lovoni

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter cubed
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup lemon juice
2 large eggs
2 large egg yolks

Instructions

Place butter, sugar & juice in a medium saucepan. Whisk over low heat until the butter is melted & sugar is dissolved; remove from heat.
Vigorously whisk in eggs.
Whisk constantly over low heat for 8 to 10 minutes or until thickened; strain through a fine sieve. Pour into sterilized jar; seal with sterilized lids.
Chill for 8 hours or overnight until cold. Use in recipes, dolloped on berries or spread onto hot buttered toast or scones. Makes about 1 1/4 cups.