Lemon curd

Name: Lemon curd
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: English
Ingredients: 2 lemons; 175 grams of sugar; 125 grams of butter; 2 eggs

This smooth, zesty lemon curd is a simple homemade treat. and easy home-made lemon curd. Divine dolloped on a scone, or used as a filling in desserts. Ready in around 20 minutes.

20 minutes

4 persons

Desserts

Recipe lemon curd

Ingredients

4 persons

2 lemons175 grams of sugar125 grams of butter2 eggs

✓ Tip: click to check off

Cooking mode Enable to prevent screen from going to sleep during cooking.

Save to collection

Share this recipe via:

This is what you need

Small saucepan and a small bowl (to make a bain-marie)WhiskGrater

Made by Véronique

Published at 2015-03-19, this recipe is for 4 persons and takes 20 minutes.

Founder of Ohmydish (since 2014), she prefers to spend all day in the kitchen. Once working in the hospitality industry as an independent chef, she loves helping you gain confidence in the kitchen. With her easy-to-follow recipes, handy tips, and cooking knowledge, you'll make the most delicious dishes yourself! The recipes are accessible to everyone, from beginners to advanced home cooks.

Updated at: 2024-07-31

Let's get started

Preparation time

0 minutes

Time cooking

20 minutes

Total time

20 minutes

Making the lemon curd – 20 minutes

Finely grate the lemon zest into a small bowl. Mix the sugar, butter and lemon zest together well. Add a small amount of water to a small saucepan and bring to a boil.

Place the bowl on top of the small saucepan to create a bain-marie. This will ensure that the butter, sugar, and lemon form a smooth mixture.

Squeeze the juice from both lemons and slowly stir it into the butter mixture. Do not stir too quickly, as you don't want to aerate the lemon curd and make it fluffy.

Add the eggs, 1 by 1, and keep stirring until the lemon curd has reached your desired thickness. This can take up to 15 minutes, so keep stirring gently with a whisk until it is done.

Remove the mixture from the heat, pour it into a (sterile) jar and let it cool completely. You can store the lemon curd in the refrigerator for up to 3 weeks. Enjoy your lemon curd with scones, or use it in a dessert, pudding, cake, tart, mousse or parfait. Why not try our lemon curd mousse recipe?