Lemon Curd
Learn how to make homemade lemon curd with just 5 ingredients!
Prep Time5 minutes mins
Cook Time10 minutes mins
Total Time15 minutes mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: lemon curd,
Lemon Curd
- 5 tablespoon unsalted butter diced
- ⅔ cup granulated sugar
- 5 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- zest of two lemons
- 2 large egg yolks
- 1 large egg
Lemon Curd
Place the butter in a heat safe bowl. Set a mesh sieve on top of the bowl and set aside.
Whisk together the sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest, egg yolks, and egg in a saucepan. Cook over medium heat, while stirring constantly with a heat-safe rubber spatula to keep the eggs from curdling. Cook until the lemon curd thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon or registers 170°F on a thermometer.
Once thickened, remove the curd from the heat and strain through the mesh sieve into the butter. Stir the lemon curd until the butter melts and combines. Press a piece of plastic wrap directly to the surface of the curd and refrigerate until cool and thick.
Lemon curd may be made in advance and stored for up to 1 month in the refrigerator.