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Lemon curd in a glass jar with a spoon, next to whole and halved lemons.

Lemon Curd

Bree Hester
4.67 from 3 votes
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Dessert, spread, Topping
Cuisine American, British
Servings 16 (1 cup)
Calories 146 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 3 lemons
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 4 eggs
  • 1/2 cup lemon juice
  • pinch salt

Instructions
 

  • Peel the lemons with a vegetable peeler. Add the zest to the bowl of the food processor.
    Lemon zest and sugar in a food processor for Lemon Curd.
  • Pulse until the sugar is very finely minced. The oils will come out and flavor the sugar.
    Pulsing lemon zest and sugar in a food processor for Lemon Curd.
  • Add the butter to the food processor.
    Adding butter to sugar and lemon zest in a food processor for lemon curd.
  • Process at low or medium speed until the ingredients come together uniformly.
    Butter, sugar, and lemon zest coming together in a food processor for lemon curd.
  • Add the eggs one at a time, with the machine running.
    Egg being placed into food processor for baking recipe.
  • Add the lemon juice and salt. Mix until the mixture is pale yellow.
    Mixing lemon curd ingredients in a food processor until pale yellow.
  • Add the mixture to a saucepan. Cook over low heat until it thickens.
    Lemon curd thickening in a saucepan with a silicone spatula.
  • You need to stir the whole time, it takes about 10 minutes.
    Stirring lemon curd in a pot on the stove.
  • You will know that it is ready when you dip a wooden spoon into the lemon curd, drag your finger across, and if the line stays, it is thick enough.
    Thickened lemon curd coating a wooden spoon in a pot.
  • Transfer to a container and keep it in the fridge.
    Mixing the lemon curd ingredients in a glass jar, with a whole and half lemon beside it.

Nutrition

Calories: 146kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 2gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gSodium: 62mgFiber: 1g
Keyword Citrus dessert, Easy lemon curd, Homemade lemon curd, lemon curd, Lemon spread, Recipe with lemons, Tart filling,
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