Fool Proof Perfect Lemon Curd Recipe 455

EASY LEMON CURD RECIPE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest, and eggs.
• Add the butter and cook over low heat, stirring continuously with a whisk, until the first bubble appears on the surface of the mixture and the curd is thick enough to hold marks of the whisk, about 6-8 minutes.
• Strain the lemon curd through a fine-mesh strainer if you don't want the lemon zest in the curd. Transfer the hot lemon curd to a bowl or jar and cover the surface with plastic wrap. Refrigerate until cold, then take off the plastic wrap and replace with a lid.
• The curd keeps fresh in the refrigerator for about 1 week.

FOOL-PROOF PERFECT LEMON CURD RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• In a 2 quart saucepan, combine lemon juice, lemon zest, sugar, eggs, and butter. Cook over medium-low heat until thick enough to hold marks from whisk, and first bubble appears on surface, about 6 minutes. Remove from heat. The curd can be stored in the refrigerator, in a tight-fitting jar, for up to one week.

PERFECT LEMON CURD

Steps:

• In a 2 quart saucepan, combine lemon juice, lemon zest, sugar, eggs, and butter. Cook over medium-low heat until thick enough to hold marks from whisk, and first bubble appears on surface, about 6 minutes.

LEMON CURD

Steps:

• Whisk eggs, sugar, and lemon juice in a double boiler over simmering water until mixed well, then continue to stir until thick, 7 to 10 minutes.
• Drain through a mesh sieve to get rid of lumps. Fold in butter until well incorporated. Mix in lemon zest. Cover curd and chill in the refrigerator until it has thickened, about 4 hours.

TOTALLY FOOL PROOF MEYER LEMON CURD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer, about 2 minutes.
• Slowly add the eggs and yolks.
• Beat for 1 minute.
• Mix in the lemon juice.
• The mixture will look curdled, but it will smooth out as it cooks.
• In a medium, heavy-based saucepan, cook the mixture over low heat until it looks smooth. (The curdled appearance disappears as the butter in the mixture melts.)
• Increase the heat to medium and cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens, about 15 minutes.
• The curd is cooked when it reaches 170°F, but you can see that it's cooked when your finger leaves a clear path on the back of a spoon. Don't let the mixture boil.
• Remove the curd from the heat; stir in the lemon zest.
• Transfer the curd to a bowl.
• Press plastic wrap on the surface of the lemon curd to keep a skin from forming and chill the curd in the refrigerator
• The curd will thicken further as it cools.