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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

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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

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Nutrition balance score

Good

6.4/10

Glycemic Index

Glycemic Load

60.58 (Medium)

28.93 (High)

Nutrition per serving

Kcal

470.36 kcal

Carbohydrates
Of which sugars

47.76 g
45.39 g

Total fat
Of which saturated fats

29.02 g
17.63 g

Proteins

4.27 g

Fiber

1.32 g

Sodium

38.76 mg

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Recipe lemon curd

Ingredients

4 persons

2 lemons
175 gram of sugar
125 gram of butter
2 eggs

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

Recipe lemon curd allergens

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Egg

Milk

Made by Véronique

Published at 2015-03-20, 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: 2025-09-20

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Preparation time

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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?

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Nutritional values

Per 1 serving / piece:

Pay attention! These indicated nutritional values are based on standard tables and are therefore an estimated total. No rights can be derived from the data in the nutritional value table.

General

Kcal

470.36 kcal

Carbohydrates
Of which sugars

47.76 g
45.39 g

Total fat
Of which saturated fats

29.02 g
17.63 g

Proteins

4.27 g

Fiber

1.32 g

Sodium

38.76 mg

Show vitamines & minerals

Minerals

Iron

0.68 mg

Calcium

25.06 mg

Magnesium

10.50 mg

Potassium

10.50 mg

Phosphorus

72.25 mg

Copper

0.06 mg

Zinc

0.48 mg

Iodine

10.50 µg

Selenium

9.21 µg

Vitamins

Vitamine C

27.00 mg

Vitamine D

0.92 mg

Vitamine A

0.37 mg

Vitamine B1

0.07 mg

Vitamine B2

0.11 mg

Vitamine B6

0.07 mg

Vitamine B12

0.69 µg

Folic acid

22.80 µg

Vitamine E

0.33 mg

Vitamine K

0.08 µg

Vitamine K1

0.00 µg

Handy! Scroll this table horizontally to see all nutritional values per ingredient

Amount		Ingredient	Allergens	Kcal	Carbs	Carbs of which sugars	Fat	Fat of which saturated	Protein	Fibers	Sodium	Iron	Calcium	Magnesium	Potassium	Phosphorus	Copper	Zinc	Iodine	Selenium	Vitamin C	Vitamin D	Vitamin A	Vitamin B1	Vitamin B2	Vitamin B6	Vitamin B12	Vitamin B11	Vitamin E	Vitamin K	Vitamin K1
0.5		lemons		21.60	3.90 g	1.80 g	0.24 g	-	0.30 g	1.32 g	1.20 mg	0.06 mg	6.00 mg	6.00 mg	90.00 mg	12.00 mg	0.03 mg	0.06 mg	-	-	27.00 mg	-	-	0.04 mg	0.01 mg	0.02 mg	-	4.80 µg	-	-	-
43.75	gram	of sugar		175.88	43.31 g	43.31 g	-	-	-	-	-	0.04 mg	-	0.88 mg	1.75 mg	-	-	0.01 mg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
31.25	gram	of butter	milk	229.69	0.22 g	0.22 g	25.78 g	16.88 g	0.22 g	-	1.56 mg	0.03 mg	4.06 mg	0.63 mg	4.69 mg	6.25 mg	-	0.02 mg	-	-	-	0.38 mg	0.31 mg	-	0.01 mg	-	-	-	-	-	-
0.5		eggs	egg	43.20	0.33 g	0.06 g	3.00 g	0.75 g	3.75 g	-	36.00 mg	0.54 mg	15.00 mg	3.00 mg	39.00 mg	54.00 mg	0.02 mg	0.39 mg	10.50 µg	9.21 µg	-	0.54 mg	0.06 mg	0.03 mg	0.09 mg	0.05 mg	0.69 µg	18.00 µg	0.33 mg	0.08 µg	-
				470.36	47.76 g	45.39 g	29.02 g	17.63 g	4.27 g	1.32 g	38.76 mg	0.68 mg	25.06 mg	10.50 mg	135.44 mg	72.25 mg	0.06 mg	0.48 mg	10.50 µg	9.21 µg	27.00 mg	0.92 mg	0.37 mg	0.07 mg	0.11 mg	0.07 mg	0.69 µg	22.80 µg	0.33 mg	0.08 µg	-