How to make a Homemade lemon Curd:

Name: How to make a Homemade lemon Curd:
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 cup sugar; 3 Tbsp cornstarch; 1 cup water; 1 1/2 tsp grated lemon zest; 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice; 2 egg yolks; 2 Tbsp butter, cut into pieces

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How to make a Homemade lemon Curd:

Lubna’s Kitchen @lubnaskitchen

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Ingredients

1 cupsugar
3 Tbspcornstarch
1 cupwater
1 1/2 tspgrated lemon zest
1/4 cupfresh lemon juice
2egg yolks
2 Tbspbutter, cut into pieces

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Steps

1

In 2-quart saucepan, mix 1 cup sugar and the cornstarch. Gradually stir in water, lemon zest and lemon juice until smooth. Cook and stir over medium-high heat. Heat to boiling; boil 1 minute, stirring constantly, until mixture is bubbly and thickened. Remove from heat.
In small bowl, beat egg yolks with whisk. Gradually beat about 1/2 cup hot mixture into egg yolks.
2

Gradually stir yolk mixture into hot mixture in saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture starts to gently boil. Cook 2 minutes longer, stirring constantly. Remove from heat transfer lemon curd in any glass bowl cover with clear wrap pressed onto the top of the curd to avoid a film developing, and refrigerate until cold.
3

Cover with lid and keep in refrigerator.
Use this lemon curd in lemon curd tart, lemon meringue pie, lemon mousse, lemon drizzle cake type recipe.