Fruit curd is a dessert spread and topping usually made with citrus fruit, such as lemon, lime, orange or tangerine. Other flavor variations include passion fruit, mango, and berries such as raspberries, cranberries or blackberries. The basic ingredients are beaten egg yolks, sugar, fruit juice and zest which are gently cooked together until thick and then allowed to cool, forming a soft, smooth, intensely flavoured spread. Some recipes also include egg whites and/or butter.
Recipe
Lemon curd
Classic lemon curd when I need to get rid some lemons.
| Published: | September 16, 2026 |
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| By: | Ivan Teoh |
| Adapted from: |
Recipe from
Easy Homemade Lemon Curd Recipe | Only 4-Ingredient
by The Cooking Foodie
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| Prep time: | 15 minutes |
| Cook time: | 30 minutes |
| Total time: | 45 minutes |
| Keywords: | Lemon Curd, Lemon |
| Yield: | 8 serving, 400ml |
| Category: | Dessert |
| Cuisine: | Western |
Ingredients:
- 3 tablespoons lemon zest, grate from 3 small lemons
- 150ml lemon juice, squeeze from 3 small lemons
- 120g sugar
- 150g (3 large) eggs
- 40g butter, cut into small cubes
Instructions:
- Heat up a pot that contains 10 cm of water.
- Reduce the heat to simmering water once the water is boiled.
- Use a grater to get some lemon zest from the lemons and put them in a bowl.
- Cut the lemons in half and squeeze out the lemon juice using citrus juicer.
- Combine the sugar with the lemon zest in a bowl.
- Mix the eggs lightly with a fork and combine the eggs into the sugar mixture.
- Whisk the eggs mixture and the lemon juice until well combined.
- Place the mixture bowl on top of the pot contains simmering water (double boiler method).
- Whisk the mixture constantly until it thickens and enough to coat the back of a spoon (around 77 degree celsius).
- Remove the bowl from the pot and whisk in the butter cubes until they are melted completely..
- Let the curd cool completely at room temperature before jar them and keep them in the fridge.
I use whole egg on this lemon curd recipe.
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