Lemon curd, as a spread or as a filling

El lemon curd is a lemon cream with a refreshing taste typical of England which is usually spread on bread rolls, tea cakes or biscuits or filling cakes, puff pastry and tartlets. It is also good with white cheeses, with yogurt or combined with chocolate.

The lemon curd you can buy it already made In jars in some supermarkets, but if you start doing it at home, it will surely come out richer and you will eat it with greater satisfaction. It has few and very basic ingredients, the kind that are always at home. What are you going to drink the lemon curd with?

Lemon curd, as a spread or as a filling

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If you are looking for a filling for a dessert, I recommend this recipe for lemon curd, a lemon curd with a refreshing flavor typical of England that is delicious

• Ángela

• Kitchen: cuisine
• Recipe type: dessert
• Rations: 10

• Total time:

Ingredients

• 215 g. of sugar
• 100 g. of butter
• the zest of 1 lemon
• 150 ml. lemon juice
• 3 eggs

Preparation

1. We crush the sugar in the blender together with the lemon zest

2. In a saucepan we combine this mixture with the juice and butter and place it in a bain-marie over a very low heat

3. Stir until the butter melts and the sugar is completely dissolved, without letting it boil.

4. Separately, we beat the eggs and pour them through a strainer over the previous preparation, always keeping the heat low and constantly stirring the cream with a wooden spoon until it thickens and being careful that the egg does not curdle and the preparation is cut. .

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