Lemon Curd Recipe- a luscious lemony curd which gives a kick of flavour to your desserts

Lemon Curd Recipe

This is a lovely lemony curd which can be eaten on its own or used as a filling for lots of great desserts. The perfect thing to do when you have an abundance of lemons- the recipe can be doubled if needed.

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Course Dessert

Ingredients

  

• 125 grams butter
• 1 cup white sugar
• 4 lemons finely grated rind and juice
• 3 eggs beaten

Instructions

 

• Place all ingredients except eggs in the top of a double boiler
• Stir over heat until sugar dissolved and mixture is warm
• In a separate bowl whisk eggs, then add slowly by spoonful the warm mixture to the eggs. Take it slow as if you add too much hot to the eggs , you will get scrambled eggs!
• Continue to add the warm sugar mixture to eggs until the mixture is well combined and the eggs have been tempered. This will be when at least ⅔ of warm mixture has been added.
• Put the bowl with eggs and warm mixture back into the top of the double boiler.
• Cook over low heat until mixture thickens and coats the back of a spoon. Do not allow the mixture to boil or mixture might curdle.
• Pour into sterilized jars and seal well, they should last in the fridge for 2-3 weeks

Notes

photo credit Sally’s Baking addiction