Lemon Curd

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Want to make more with this zingy citrus fruit? Here are a few favorite lemon recipes: Use it as a topping for scones, biscuits, shortcakes, pancakes and waffles, or it even works as a cake filling. Welcome to your new favorite lemon recipe! What do you need for lemon curd? Before we mastered this method, we had no idea lemon curd was so simple! Here’s what you’ll need:

Eggs Granulated sugar Whole lemons (lemon juice and lemon zest) Butter

Whisk: In a medium saucepan, whisk the eggs, sugar, lemon juice, and lemon zest. Heat: Add medium heat and cook, stirring constantly and slowly with a spatula, for 2 to 3 minutes until the mixture starts to thicken into a yogurt-like consistency. This happens at a temperature between 160°F and 170°F. Avoid simmering or overcooking, which will result in a lumpy texture. Add butter: Immediately remove from the heat and whisk in the butter until the butter is melted. Chill: Transfer the lemon curd to a container and press plastic wrap onto the surface to prevent a skin from forming. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.

Place it in a saucepan and use a food thermometer to heat it back to 170°F. Then whisk in another tablespoon or two of butter, which will help it become even thicker when cooled. Can you save a lumpy lemon curd? It depends. If you have only small lumps in the curd, you can pass it through a fine mesh sieve to strain out the cooked eggs. However, if the entire mixture is split, you’ll have to start over.

Scones: Try it on blueberry scones Crumpets: Add it to homemade crumpets Shortcake: Add a dollop to strawberry shortcake Cake filling: Spread it into your favorite layer cake Ice cream: Use it to add a zing to vanilla ice cream Berries: Spoon it over fresh berries for a simple dessert Pancakes: Add a dollop to classic pancakes or blueberry pancakes French toast: Use as a topping for French toast Waffles: Use on classic waffles or blueberry waffles Toast: Spread it on toast for a simple snack

Try Grandma’s Lemon Bars, with a lemon curd topping and shortbread crust. Bake up Lemon Bread or Lemon Cake. Mix up Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins or Lemon Blueberry Muffins, or whiz up a Lemon Smoothie. Try Fresh Lemonade or our 15 Best Lemonade Recipes