How To Make Lemon Curd
This easy to make Lemon Curd recipe is tangy and perfectly spreadable making it perfect for ice cream, filling cake and cupcakes or on toast!
Ingredients
Lemon Curd
- 5 egg yolks
- 1/2 cup (105 g) granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup (85 ml) lemon juice (fresh!)
- 1 lemon zested
- 1 pinch salt
- 1/2 cup (125 g) unsalted butter cold and cubed
Instructions
Lemon Curd
- Fill a large pot 1/3 of the way with water and bring to a boil. Lower the heat to a simmer and place a large heatproof bowl on top. Make sure the bottom of the bowl is not touching the water.
- Add the egg yolks, sugar, lemon zest, lemon juice and salt to the bowl and use a whisk to combine. Continue whisking (don’t stop otherwise the eggs will curdle) until the mixture begins to thicken and coats the back of a spoon. It will resemble a thick hollandaise sauce.
- Remove the bowl from the heat and add the butter in three batches whisking with each addition until the butter is completely melted and combine before adding the next batch of butter.
- Store in a jar with a lid in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
Notes
Lemons - make sure you wash your lemons and dry them before zesting because they can be coated in wax and nobody wants wax in their lemon curd.
Storage - Store in a jar with a lid in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
Nutrition - This recipe makes just under 2 cups of lemon curd. Obviously, you’re not going to eat the lot so the nutritional value means very little because again, you’re not going to eat it all. Are you?
A note on measurements - all ingredients in this recipe are offered in Australian cup measurements and weight measurements. Weight measurements are created by me, in my kitchen here in Melbourne Australia. The best way to get recipe success is to measure ingredients by weight, using kitchen scales.
Nutrition
Calories:1025kcal | Carbohydrates:79g | Protein:11g | Fat:78g | Saturated Fat:45g | Polyunsaturated Fat:5g | Monounsaturated Fat:23g | Trans Fat:2g | Cholesterol:811mg | Sodium:66mg | Potassium:240mg | Fiber:2g | Sugar:70g | Vitamin A:2775IU | Vitamin C:59mg | Calcium:118mg | Iron:2mg
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