Baking Basics- How to make Lemon Curd
Baking Basics Series- Lemon Curd ~ This is one of those useful recipe components that is easy to make and handy to have around. Lemon curd is used in or on many things likes cakes, cupcakes, tarts, pies and scones.
Lemon Curd
1 cup lemon juice, fresh squeezed
1 cup sugar
Zest from 2 lemons
6 egg yolks
10 tablespoons of butter, cut into pieces
Whisk egg yolks and transfer to a saucepan; set aside. Place lemon juice, lemon zest and sugar in a saucepan. Heat to simmer or until sugar completely dissolves. Add butter and continue to heat until butter dissolves. Gradually pour hot mixture into saucepan with egg yolks, while continuously whisking until everything is combined. Return combined mixture to stovetop and heat until it is just barely thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.
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