How To Make Meyer Lemon Curd
A good lemon curd recipe is vital if you’re an avid baker and a dessert lover. This particular recipe only has five ingredients and is done in half an hour.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1cupsugar
- 3zest of lemons
- 3largeeggs
- 4largeegg yolks
- 1cupmeyer lemon juice
- 5ozunsalted butter
Instructions
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Prepare an ice-water bath. Set a medium bowl in ice-water bath and set aside.
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Place sugar and lemon zest in a mortar and grind with a pestle to combine and release the oils. Transfer sugar mixture to a medium heatproof bowl along with eggs and egg yolks; whisk to combine.
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Place over a saucepan of simmering water and whisk until sugar has dissolved. Add lemon juice and continue whisking until mixture is thick and reaches 160 degrees F on an instant-read thermometer, scraping down sides of bowl as necessary.
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Add butter and whisk until well combined.
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Strain lemon mixture through a fine mesh sieve set over prepared bowl. Cover lemon curd with plastic wrap, pressing plastic wrap directly onto surface. Transfer to refrigerator until completely chilled.
Nutrition
- Calories: 193.99kcal
- Fat: 12.37g
- Saturated Fat: 7.01g
- Trans Fat: 0.39g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 3.61g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.85g
- Carbohydrates: 19.72g
- Fiber: 0.47g
- Sugar: 17.59g
- Protein: 2.80g
- Cholesterol: 133.38mg
- Sodium: 22.43mg
- Calcium: 22.30mg
- Potassium: 67.55mg
- Iron: 0.49mg
- Vitamin A: 122.53µg
- Vitamin C: 15.55mg
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