[ENG] Lemon Curd

If there's any dessert recipe with lemon & butter in it, i probably gonna make it. Lemon bars, lemon meringue pie, lemon macaron, and now lemon curd. Well, it's not really a dessert though ^^ it's more of a sauce 

I made lemon pie filling before for my lemon macarons, and compared with the gooey jelly-like texture of the lemon pie filling, this lemon curd is more like yogurt or sour cream. Both taste great but i like the texture on this lemon curd better, it's just so smooth & silky.

I'm gonna make some scones or biscuits to eat the lemon curd with, but i have to resist to not eat all of it because it's really good, refreshing and addictive! And it's like eating nuttela directly from the jar, with a spoon, i can just eat it like that. In fact, the next time i make it i probably gonna eat it just like that ;)

Original recipe from Foodwishes - Lemon Curd *Lite*
Ingredients (for about 1 1/2 cup lemon curd):

3 large eggs
3/4 cup (150 g) sugar (i used 120-130 g because indonesian sugar tends to be sweeter)
2/3 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (from about 3 large lemon)
1 1/2 tbsp freshly grated lemon zest (zest the lemon first before juicing it)
5 tbsp (70 g) unsalted butter, cut into 3 or 4 pieces


1. To make the double broiler for cooking the lemon curd, heat about 1 inch of water in a sauce pan until it comes to a simmer.

2. Put the egg, sugar & lemon juice in a bowl and mix them thoroughly with a whisk.

2. Put the bowl on the top of the sauce pan with  simmering water  and whisk constantly until it's thicken (about 10-15 minutes). 

3. When it's thicken, remove it from the heat and add in the butter & lemon zest. Whisk until all the butter has melted in. With plastic wrap, wrap it tightly so the plastic touching the surface of the lemon curd and refrigerate until cold & thick.
Btw i decided not to use the lemon zest this time, since i'm using imported lemons, which means the fruit coated with wax. And even if it's supposed to be edible wax, you never know, and that wicked thing is not impossible here in Indonesia. But whatever, it might be just me being paranoid lol

4. When it's cold you can take it out of the fridge, stir it with a spoon until you have the gorgeous & silky lemon curd ;)

I put them inside a 8 oz mason jar, but you can store them in whatever container you have. And in case you're wondering why mine looks so tiny that's because i ate the rest of the lemon curd that couldn't fit in the jar lol

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cream biscuits & lemon curd ;)

To be completely honest, i prefer to eat the lemon curd as it is lol, maybe because i made it less sweet haha


The cream biscuits recipe!
[ENG] Cream Biscuits