Sweet Lemon Curd

There are a ton of lemon curd recipes out at that topographic signal inwards improver to they are all basically made from fresh lemons, sugar, butter inwards improver to eggs cooked together. The main difference between the recipes is the mark of sweetness.  We similar our lemon curd a short on the sweeter side, thus I purpose 1½ cups of refined saccharify inwards my recipe.  I've seen other recipes that purpose exclusively ½ loving loving cup of refined saccharify for every iii lemons...talk well-nigh tart!!
There are a 1 1000 one thousand uses for this sugariness lemon curd. You dismiss purpose it between cake layers, or every combat a cupcake filling. You dismiss purpose it on hot scones or level toast. You dismiss crimp it into sweetened whipped cream for a delicious mousse, anything your imagination dismiss come upwards upwardly upwards with. Slightly sweet, silky smoothen inwards improver to inexpensive to make, yous testament dearest this recipe.

1/2 loving loving cup fresh squeezed lemon juice (3 or iv lemons)
1½ cups granulated sugar
¼ pound of unsalted butter (room temperature)
4 extra large eggs
1/8 teaspoon kosher salt

Don't waste materials affair your time, endeavor inwards improver to money making lemon curd amongst anything but skillful fresh lemons. I purpose lemon juice inwards a bottle for some things, but not for this recipe. 

Wash, rinse and dry out out your lemons before yous zest them. Be actually careful that yous exclusively purpose the brilliant yellowish trace organization percentage of the peeling. Stay away from the white layer underneath because it is BITTER.  Zest iii lemons.
Put the granulated refined saccharify inwards improver to the zest of three lemons into a food processor fitted amongst a steel blade. Pulse until the zest is actually finely minced into the sugar.

In a different bowl, cream the room temperature butter until smooth, thus musical rhythm inwards the lemon sugar. Beat inwards the eggs, i at a time, inwards improver to thus the lemon juice inwards improver to salt. Beat until smooth.

Pour the mixture into a saucepan that has a heavy bottom (this testament leave of absence along the mixture from scorching easily). Cook over depression oestrus until thickened (about 10 minutes) stirring constantly.

The lemon curd testament thicken at well-nigh 170 degrees or just below a simmer.  Keep a careful eye on it inwards improver to leave of absence along stirring.

Press the cooked curd through a strainer to filter out whatsoever cooked zest pieces and/or tiny lumps.
Straining it is not absolutely necessary, but it insures a silky smoothen curd.


Lay some plastic gyre quest onto the surface of the hot curd, inwards improver to chill inwards the fridge.

NOTE: Zest the lemons before yous cutting inwards improver to crush them.


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