The Ultimate 10-Minute Lemon Curd: For Cakes, Toasts, and Beyond
Just four simplest ingredients required.
Though some desserts creams are meant to be accompanied by the dessert itself, they can also be served as a separate sweet treat that the entire family will love. This is the case for the famous lemon curd that often comes as a part of the most delicious pies out there.
In case you haven’t given it a thought, lemon curd can be a perfect dessert as it is, so make sure you keep the recipe to make a quick and extremely tasty sweet treat after lunch or dinner.
Ingredients (for 3 portions): 2 lemons, 50 g of butter, 150 g of sugar, 2 eggs.
Zest the lemons. Then squeeze the juice from the lemons. Combine the juice and zest.
Add the sugar. Add the eggs. Mix everything together. Place the saucepan over heat. Bring the cream to a boil, stirring constantly; it will gradually thicken. Remove the saucepan from the heat.
Add the butter to the cream, it will start melting immediately. Stir it into the cream, then cover and let it cool completely.
Once cooled, the cream will thicken slightly. Whip the cream and use as you wish.
