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Rich & Creamy Lemon Curd

Rich & Creamy Lemon Curd

Super creamy and delicious Lemon curd that can add a ton of flavour to cakes, cookies, or tarts.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Cooling 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Calories 1633 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
 

  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 2-3 tablespoon Lemon zest, About 3-4 lemons
  • 3 Eggs
  • 1 Yolk
  • ½ cup Lemon Juice, About 4 freshly squeezed lemon
  • ⅓ cup Butter, Room-temperature, Cubed
  • 1 tablespoon Vanilla extract

Instructions
 

  • A few crucial steps to make luscious, Rich & Creamy Lemon Curd. Measure the ingredients accurately and watch the temperature using a Food Thermometer. This is important.
  • Zest the lemon first. We need 2-3 tablespoons of fine lemon zest. Lemon Zester
    2-3 tablespoon Lemon zest
  • Mix the lemon zest with one cup of sugar. Massage these two ingredients with your clean hands for a couple of minutes. This releases the oil and the aroma in the lemon zest.
    1 cup Sugar
  • Mix the eggs, yolk, sugar, lemon juice, and zest in a saucepan. Place the pan on medium heat and whisk constantly. The mixture will start thickening, and you will eventually see some large boils. Whisk until the mixture reaches 120℉ to 140℉. Remove it from the heat, and run it through a fine strainer. Discard all the lemon pulps and egg remaining.
    3 Eggs, ½ cup Lemon Juice, 1 Yolk
  • Pour the mixture into a bowl and cover it with cling wrap. The cling wrap should touch the mixture.
  • Let the bowl sit on the counter until the mixture temperature reaches 80℉. Now add the butter in one tablespoon at a time and whisk thoroughly after each addition. The mixture should not get cold. Otherwise, the butter will not melt. Mix in the vanilla extract and whisk well.
    ⅓ cup Butter, 1 tablespoon Vanilla extract
  • Once more, cover the mixture with cling wrap touching the lemon curd. Place the bowl in the fridge overnight. Transfer the curd into Mason jars and store.

Nutrition

Calories: 1633kcalCarbohydrates: 214gProtein: 21gFat: 80gSaturated Fat: 45gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gMonounsaturated Fat: 23gTrans Fat: 3gCholesterol: 848mgSodium: 689mgPotassium: 409mgFiber: 4gSugar: 205gVitamin A: 2893IUVitamin C: 72mgCalcium: 162mgIron: 4mg
Keyword CURD, LEMON CURD
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