Wordless Weekend: Meyer Lemon Curd
Meyer Lemon Curd
6 egg yolks + 2 whole eggs
2/3 c. sugar (use a full cup if you’re using regular lemons, which are tarter)
pinch salt
2/3 c. meyer lemon juice
4 tbsp. unsalted butter
1/4 c. heavy cream
In a heavy, non-reactive saucepan, whisk the eggs and yolks together. Whisk in the sugar, salt and lemon juice.
Put the pot over medium-low heat and add the butter. Heat, stirring constantly, until the butter is gone and the mixture coats the back of a spoon.
Take the pot off the heat the pour the curd through a mesh strainer to get out any cooked eggy bits that may be lurking. Whisk in the heavy cream.
Pour into storage containers and cool (it will firm up as it cools; in the pic above, it’s still warm). Especially delicious over a piece of toasted pound cake.
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Oh, hell. Why don’t you just go ahead and kill me now? I have to make this. Have to, have to, have to.
What Kay said. Also, mmmmmmm…
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This looks great! How long will this keep?
Doesn’t look too hard! I’ll give it a go! Thanks for sharing! yes, how long does it keep?
kay, hey, it just fruit. fruit is good for you. keeps scurvy away.
dee, seriously mmmm. i’ve been eating it like pudding.
sean, done! thanks for the heads up.
melissa and cathie, it never lasts that long in my house. i’d guess 1 to 2 weeks. once the structure starts to break down, chuck it.
Yummmmmm. I can smell it coming outa my screen. Going to have to find some Meyers. Thanks!
If I were you, I would so make a lemon braided bread with that curd here. Recipes seen here http://whatspringdoes.wordpress.com/2010/07/28/recipe-card-pastry-braid/ and here http://smittenkitchen.com/2010/05/braided-lemon-bread/. Especially if there’s any chance of any of it spoiling.
I think I’m in love. – S
Meyer lemons are so fragrant and are delicious in just about anything! Thanks for the recipe, this sounds marvelous!
[...] as it was to do, I saved a little room for dessert. Earlier in the day I found a recipe at Thursday Night Smackdown for a Meyer lemon curd so delicious it almost didn’t make it to the refrigerator. I put the [...]
Mmmmmmmmm!
The lemon curd looks awesome! But toasted pound cake? I’ve never heard of that! I’m so making raspberry pound cake, toasting it. Raspberry and Lemons yummy.
[...] for Meyer lemon curd that calls for 6 egg yolks (plus two whole eggs). The recipe is from the Thursday Night Smackdown blog. The lemon curd was very easy to make and it tastes delicious! My kids were eating it like pudding. [...]