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This is best & easiest lemon curd recipe. EVER. I had lost the link to this video and sooooo glad to have found it again among the gazillions of lemon curd recipes online.
I'm probably a little too proud of myself :) I'd never made Lemon Curd before and your method was so easy to follow! Thank you!!!!!! It is sunshine in a jar!!! I will use it on almond butter cookies, to top a cheesecake, to fill crepes, to make greek yogurt lemon curd swirl popsicles!
I have made many times the process is on point every time ,,,, I'm a lemon freak I have zested a dozen average sized ,,,,3 qtr tennis ball size lemons , and boom to much lemon tang , until you apply on scones , toast etc climatize 😅 I don't like corn starch as a rule , however recently stirred large heap tablespoon in quarter cup of cold water to dissolve , then added to main mix , to have slightly thicker result and have been making double recipe mixes , to store in freezer , in further addition if you have a copper base stainless pot , copper base minimizes sticking to the bottom , I stir conuously for over 30 mins on slow to medium to make sure it doesn't boil ,,,, yes I'm a tamperer 😂
Never made lemon curd before in my life. I made your version today for a fancy afternoon tea, and it was better than any I've had in a tea house. What a splendid recipe. Thank you! It was the hit of the tea party.
You're so concise and think of everything when you explain things! With everyone else, I find there's always at least one question that pops up and is left unanswered.
Just made this and it came out great! It is very forgiving. I even mixed everything by hand using only a spatula and a fork to combine the butter and sugar and it still came out perfectly!
Perfect technique to avoid curdling of eggs. I've used this recipe so many times already and it always comes out smooth and scrambled egg free and so easy to make. I thought this deserves a positive feedback afrer so long. Many thanks.
I have made this lemon curd twice using this method and it works out just as shown on this video. It takes to fear out of making lemon curd. Maybe have a stool to sit on because you will be stirring this consistently for a while but it’s totally worth the end results. I prefer my curds over store bought curds. 😊
I tried couple different recipes, & end up throwing in garbage. I found yours, its so easy to make it, end up the best lemon curd ever. Thank you so much for your recipe. Btw, you very beautiful lady.
I have never made Lemon Curd in my whole life, but this was sooo easy and it turned out perfect. I was asked to make something with Lemon in it, I'm making a lemon cheese cake and this is perfect for it, to put on top. Thank you Thank You.
I have finally tried lemon curd using this wonderful & EASY recipe! It came out wonderful and I used it on my lemon cheesecake! Everyone loved it and so did I!!! Thank you again!
Thank you for the great video. I am not even a lemon girl but I'm having a guest over and lemon is her favourite. I wish you had a TV program. I would absolutely watch you. You are very pleasant and easy to follow. Good luck with whatever you are doing. I'm sure it is great. Thank you again
I was really scared to make Lemon Curd considering many of my friends had tried and failed . This recipe is so SIMPLE to follow and taste DIVINE !!!! Thank you I feel like a "Domestic Goddess"
Hello glad to have found your channel. I am so happy to see that you actually scrape out the bowl/pot and not waste the ingredients. Looking forward to finding more videos. Stay safe😷😷😷😷🇨🇦🇨🇦
Wow Nicki that was bang on...I’ve looked at a lot of different methods but yours is by far the silkiest and tastiest way of making lemon curd for my cheesecake... Thanks for your video and helping me finish my cake for everyone to love..
Hi, I just made this using brown sugar and juice from frozen sliced lemons. Looks a bit different but it tastes great. After having looked at about 6 other recipes, I went with yours and really glad I did. Great method. Thanks. Stay safe. :)
Hi Nicki, Thank you very much for the video on how to make lemon curd! I followed your video and it came out amazing! I used it to make a lemon, blueberry trifle two weeks ago and it was so good I'm making it again this week. Have a fantastic day. I look forward to viewing more of your videos. Joe S.
I made this for my coconut cake and it came out perfectly. Next time, I will cough up the little $$ needed for UNsalted butter, as you instructed. When I tasted it before spreading it on the cake, I could see why it mattered. However, it did not affect the flavor of the cake at all (whew!). Very simple recipe. Thank you!
Thank you so much for the delicious Lemon Curd recipe. I made a lemon scoop cake and it's absolutely delicious!! It was very easy to prepare!! God Bless!!
Lemon Curd with Chocolate Almond Crust 😇 CHOCOLATE PASTRY 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 6 tablespoons of almond flour 1/4 cup plus 1-1/2 tablespoons sugar 3 tablespoons cocoa powder Pinch of salt 6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, soften 1 large egg Combine the all-purpose flour, almond flour, sugar, cocoa and salt. Add the butter; until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Add the egg; until the dough just comes together. Preheat the oven to 350°. Butter pan and bake in the center of the oven for 30 minutes, or until firm. Let cool.
Lemon Curd 2/3 cup lemon juice/cranberry/orange 1 cups (300 g) granulated sugar 1 stick butter, softened 2 large eggs, ⅛ tsp kosher In the bowl of a food processor, process sugar with whole cranberries and orange zest until cranberries are finely chopped and well incorporated into the sugar, about 7-10 pulses. Pour cranberry mixture into a large bowl with softened butter. Beat on low so as not to splatter everywhere. Add the eggs, one at a time, until incorporated. The mixture will look very curdled and there may be little bits of butter throughout. This is totally okay and expected. Pour the whole thing into a medium saucepan and whisk continuously over medium heat until mixture begins to thicken. This will take anywhere from 5-10 minutes. It should be about as thick as mayonnaise when it's done.
Thank you for sharing! If I wanted to thicken this recipe up enough to substitute as a lemon pie filling - i.e. not want it to "run" when I cut a slice of pie out, would two or three tbsp. of cornstarch during the final heating phase do the trick? or just continued low heat cooking to thicken enough naturally?
Very good recipe, thanks. Just an advice: Think that youtube has no borders, so you might wanna put measures in Kilos and Liters when cooking. Very few countries cook in cups and table spoons. You'll probably have more followers if you do this.
Where are you based Blaise? I'm in New Zealand and we're all equally at home cooking by weight (kilos, grams, liters) and by volume (cups, spoons, etc)
Yes I agree with you! Is even better and easier when you have measures in gr or lt especially for people like me new to cooking and baking. So this is really good point! Thank you that you mention it
This recipe is really really good and easy!! Thanks.. By the way, is it possible to make orange curd with the same amount of orange juice as the lemon juice?
thank you for tutorial...last time i make lemon curd..its like scrambled egg with lemon flavour :D i hope next time i make this it wont be like the last time :D
Amazing, but is the skin forming bad? It sounds like something I would make intentionally, I mean the skin on the top, to add a little more extra thickness perhaps?
What I do is take a vegetable peeler, peel the lemon, then FILET the lemon peel on a wooden board with a really sharp knife to remove the pith... put both lemon juice and the zest (or filet'ed lemon peel) into a blender (or a small-capacity food processor), and puree it. That way the lemon curd at the end would still remain very smooth.
i followed the same steps. except i failed and boiled it for 1 minute. i hope this won't change the taste. actually for now,it tastes fine. still witing for it to cool down
This method sounds wonderfully simple but doesn't explain what to do about the chalazae (the little white strings that anchor the yolk to the egg shell in very fresh eggs). That was always the reason I personally strained my egg sauces, to remove those. They do not dissolve, but cook up into a solid clump. I have sometimes trimmed them off before adding, but you obviously didn't do that in the video. How do YOU deal with them?
Naomi Snider I wanted to know if you could help me out? I made lemon curd for the first time and it was awful! I read the recipe 3 times before making it. The result was smelled like eggs and it tasted like eggs with the other ingredienst, I loved only that part. The eggy smell and taste was not the best part. Could you help me out, if you can?
@@craftysmalltowngirl Sorry, I don't know. I have been holding off making this until I hear from the maker of this video for an answer to my own question. She is apparently not responding. I did read someone else's comment that they experienced the egginess also, but most of the commenters are raving about their results. Go figure.
I made the curd and it wasn't thick like yours it was smooth and like water maybe I added too much sugar or butter or lemon juice. I put it on medium flame to thicken well see if it turns out okay 😢
Gonna try making this today :D Edit: I followed your recipe to a T, and I must say I am happy with how it came, but it came out too strong-flavoured, way too much lemon and too much sugar, I'd say. It would be fine if there was just half of both in my opinion.
+ZoobaAruba you probably didn't do anything wrong. You should always use fresh eggs to start, however. You could also increase the amount of lemon zest....... but as I mentioned in a separate comment, I would actually puree the lemon zest with the lemon juice to keep everything smooth at the very end. Alternatively, while this recipe doesn't call for it, you could choose to offset some of the egg content with a fillers or thickeners like a little bit of gelatin (blend it into some heated lemon juice before mixing it in with the rest of the liquids), cornstarch, or even some VERY-fine almond meal.
This is best & easiest lemon curd recipe. EVER. I had lost the link to this video and sooooo glad to have found it again among the gazillions of lemon curd recipes online.
I've never made lemon curd. I just made it using your recipe and my lemon bars are perfect! i did add the lemon zest. Thanks for a great recipe!!
I'm probably a little too proud of myself :) I'd never made Lemon Curd before and your method was so easy to follow! Thank you!!!!!! It is sunshine in a jar!!! I will use it on almond butter cookies, to top a cheesecake, to fill crepes, to make greek yogurt lemon curd swirl popsicles!
Greek yogurt lemon curd popsicles sound wonderful. How to you make them?
Geeeeee you are a genius !!!!!...I just made it and it's perfect !!!!!!!!! So easy , no bain Marie , no straining ...Soooo good....
I have made many times the process is on point every time ,,,, I'm a lemon freak I have zested a dozen average sized ,,,,3 qtr tennis ball size lemons , and boom to much lemon tang , until you apply on scones , toast etc climatize 😅
I don't like corn starch as a rule , however recently stirred large heap tablespoon in quarter cup of cold water to dissolve , then added to main mix , to have slightly thicker result and have been making double recipe mixes , to store in freezer , in further addition if you have a copper base stainless pot , copper base minimizes sticking to the bottom , I stir conuously for over 30 mins on slow to medium to make sure it doesn't boil ,,,, yes I'm a tamperer 😂
Never made lemon curd before in my life. I made your version today for a fancy afternoon tea, and it was better than any I've had in a tea house. What a splendid recipe. Thank you! It was the hit of the tea party.
Do you have a recipe page?
You're so concise and think of everything when you explain things! With everyone else, I find there's always at least one question that pops up and is left unanswered.
Just made this and it came out great! It is very forgiving. I even mixed everything by hand using only a spatula and a fork to combine the butter and sugar and it still came out perfectly!
Excellent. I've already made three batches using your recipe. I make Greek yogurt and now I add lemon curd. Thank you.
Perfect technique to avoid curdling of eggs. I've used this recipe so many times already and it always comes out smooth and scrambled egg free and so easy to make. I thought this deserves a positive feedback afrer so long. Many thanks.
I have made this lemon curd twice using this method and it works out just as shown on this video. It takes to fear out of making lemon curd. Maybe have a stool to sit on because you will be stirring this consistently for a while but it’s totally worth the end results. I prefer my curds over store bought curds. 😊
I'm on round two of this method! Myer Lemon curd is AMAZING! Best method for making lemon curd, ever!
I've made this and it is the best I have I have found. Friends, family and neighbours love it.
I made this yesterday with Key Lime juice for a Key Lime cheesecake and it turned out wonderfully. Love this recipe.
The best Lemon Curd recipe on RUclips! I tried it and man the best Lemon Curd I have ever made! Thanks for the recipe.
This is fool proof! Works every time!!
This has been my go to lemon curd recipe for years. So easy and perfect. Thank you! My lemon curd comes out perfect each time.
Hi from North Wales UK I’m going to make this today , thanks for not showing us how to grate and juice a lemon x
I tried couple different recipes, & end up throwing in garbage. I found yours, its so easy to make it, end up the best lemon curd ever. Thank you so much for your recipe. Btw, you very beautiful lady.
I tried this recipe and it turned out perfect! People said it was the way better than any store bought lemon curd. Thanks!
As a man i am fascinated with women who can cook!
Really nice tutorial, Nicki!
I have never made Lemon Curd in my whole life, but this was sooo easy and it turned out perfect. I was asked to make something with Lemon in it, I'm making a lemon cheese cake and this is perfect for it, to put on top. Thank you Thank You.
I have finally tried lemon curd using this wonderful & EASY recipe! It came out wonderful and I used it on my lemon cheesecake! Everyone loved it and so did I!!! Thank you again!
Great video! I was able to make a successful lemon curd on my first attempt without straining or making scrambled eggs.
Thank you for the great video. I am not even a lemon girl but I'm having a guest over and lemon is her favourite. I wish you had a TV program. I would absolutely watch you. You are very pleasant and easy to follow. Good luck with whatever you are doing. I'm sure it is great. Thank you again
This lemon curd recipe was easy and simple to follow. I would recommend this for a zesty tasty lemon curd with minimum effort.
Brilliant! Thank you. My first time and it was so easy, delicious and SMOOTH. If I didn't know there was eggs inside, I would never be able to tell.
I was really scared to make Lemon Curd considering many of my friends had tried and failed . This recipe is so SIMPLE to follow and taste DIVINE !!!!
Thank you I feel like a "Domestic Goddess"
Joanna Laird q
Hello glad to have found your channel. I am so happy to see that you actually scrape out the bowl/pot and not waste the ingredients. Looking forward to finding more videos. Stay safe😷😷😷😷🇨🇦🇨🇦
Wow Nicki that was bang on...I’ve looked at a lot of different methods but yours is by far the silkiest and tastiest way of making lemon curd for my cheesecake...
Thanks for your video and helping me finish my cake for everyone to love..
My favorite lemon curd recipe. It turns out PERFECT every time and EASY. thanks.
Hi, I just made this using brown sugar and juice from frozen sliced lemons. Looks a bit different but it tastes great. After having looked at about 6 other recipes, I went with yours and really glad I did. Great method. Thanks. Stay safe.
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Thank you so much.I made this today and it’s turn out so so good. Perfect sweetness and so refreshing . :)
Loved this used as an alternative to frosting on cupcakes as I am lactose intolerant
Hi Nicki,
Thank you very much for the video on how to make lemon curd! I followed your video and it came out amazing! I used it to make a lemon, blueberry trifle two weeks ago and it was so good I'm making it again this week. Have a fantastic day. I look forward to viewing more of your videos. Joe S.
I made this for my coconut cake and it came out perfectly. Next time, I will cough up the little $$ needed for UNsalted butter, as you instructed. When I tasted it before spreading it on the cake, I could see why it mattered. However, it did not affect the flavor of the cake at all (whew!). Very simple recipe. Thank you!
Thank you so much for the delicious Lemon Curd recipe. I made a lemon scoop cake and it's absolutely delicious!! It was very easy to prepare!! God Bless!!
I really love this recipe, thank you! I made it today and it came out perfect!
This is what I've been searching for! Now time to make my lemon tartlets! Thank you so much!
GREAT recipe, did not have to strain and was so easy!
Easy to make. Turned out amazing for a first timer. Kids cant get enough of it. Thank you.
Finally, something other than vanilla buttercream or chocolate I can put in my macarons. :)
Looks delicious! Can’t wait to try making it!!!
Lemon Curd with Chocolate Almond Crust 😇
CHOCOLATE PASTRY
3/4 cups all-purpose flour
6 tablespoons of almond flour
1/4 cup plus 1-1/2 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
Pinch of salt
6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, soften
1 large egg
Combine the all-purpose flour, almond flour, sugar, cocoa and salt. Add the butter; until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Add the egg; until the dough just comes together.
Preheat the oven to 350°. Butter pan and bake in the center of the oven for 30 minutes, or until firm. Let cool.
Lemon Curd
2/3 cup lemon juice/cranberry/orange
1 cups (300 g) granulated sugar
1 stick butter, softened
2 large eggs,
⅛ tsp kosher
In the bowl of a food processor, process sugar with whole cranberries and orange zest until cranberries are finely chopped and well incorporated into the sugar, about 7-10 pulses.
Pour cranberry mixture into a large bowl with softened butter. Beat on low so as not to splatter everywhere. Add the eggs, one at a time, until incorporated. The mixture will look very curdled and there may be little bits of butter throughout. This is totally okay and expected.
Pour the whole thing into a medium saucepan and whisk continuously over medium heat until mixture begins to thicken. This will take anywhere from 5-10 minutes. It should be about as thick as mayonnaise when it's done.
Made this. It came out perfect! Thanks
just made this, love this way and amount, soo good thank you
Perfect first try! Thank you, it was so delicious
Thank you for sharing! If I wanted to thicken this recipe up enough to substitute as a lemon pie filling - i.e. not want it to "run" when I cut a slice of pie out, would two or three tbsp. of cornstarch during the final heating phase do the trick? or just continued low heat cooking to thicken enough naturally?
looks so smooth thank you for a great tutorial
Very good recipe, thanks. Just an advice: Think that youtube has no borders, so you might wanna put measures in Kilos and Liters when cooking. Very few countries cook in cups and table spoons. You'll probably have more followers if you do this.
Where are you based Blaise? I'm in New Zealand and we're all equally at home cooking by weight (kilos, grams, liters) and by volume (cups, spoons, etc)
Argentinian based in Spain.
Blaise Villedieu good point.
Yes I agree with you! Is even better and easier when you have measures in gr or lt especially for people like me new to cooking and baking. So this is really good point! Thank you that you mention it
True but in the USA we use cups and tbsp...I think followers will do the conversions just fine. ;)
This recipe is really really good and easy!! Thanks.. By the way, is it possible to make orange curd with the same amount of orange juice as the lemon juice?
Nice easy directions, thanks
I tried it and all went well and made a couple of jars, half a jar went straight into a Victoria sponge, good video
Ron Cooke sd
thank you for tutorial...last time i make lemon curd..its like scrambled egg with lemon flavour :D
i hope next time i make this it wont be like the last time :D
Thanks for sharing
You are an amazing presenter and Chef.
Thank you so much for sharing this recipe
Very nice and clear
So simple and easy to follow can't wait to try and and put it in my lemon cheesecake :)
awesome, i'm going to fill cupcakes with it for my sisters birthday
and also thanks a lot. and greetings from Turkey :)
Have it with cut green apples and strawberry.. Yumm...
simple recipe.... nice presentation...taste I trust u skinny...
Where is the recipe link..and im looking for sweet as i made one and it was good but a bit bitter..wanna try this..is it salted or unsalted butter
How long should it take to thicken in the fridge? Ps love this recipe 💕
Quite well-done. Good job.
Looks delicious! Will have to try this!
I will try this thank you!!
well done
This will be used for gifted cookies need soon. 😋
You are fabulous!!!!! I'm a fan!
Hi Nicki, Thank you very much! I've made this several times and it turned our perfect each time! Great video and extremely helpful! Happy 2016!
Triing Times and I’m here trying to find a lemon curd in 2020! Lol 😂
I did try this Lemmon curd, and I must say. I love it. Is there a way to make it without using Sugar?
Amazing, but is the skin forming bad? It sounds like something I would make intentionally, I mean the skin on the top, to add a little more extra thickness perhaps?
Hello, what would the shelf life and storage options be for this lemon curd?
great tutorial!
Can you print this?
Beautiful!
rahhh made it today and it tastes amazing thank u
How long does this last stored in the refrigerator?
I made this in class it was baking class and it was delicious cause we put berries in there
I'm making this right now
Is there is recipe for eggless lemon curd ? Or what alternative thing we can use instead of egg ?
What I do is take a vegetable peeler, peel the lemon, then FILET the lemon peel on a wooden board with a really sharp knife to remove the pith... put both lemon juice and the zest (or filet'ed lemon peel) into a blender (or a small-capacity food processor), and puree it. That way the lemon curd at the end would still remain very smooth.
Love it!
i followed the same steps. except i failed and boiled it for 1 minute. i hope this won't change the taste. actually for now,it tastes fine. still witing for it to cool down
wow so simple and easy and still the same result! amazing great recipe I'm going to subscribe :)
PRAISE GOD! Wow! It's look so yummy! I want to make this 4d Christmas eve.Love!Love!Love!
Does anyone have the recipe written out?
What is the name of this chef ?
Works!
Can I use Lime instead? I am afraid if I use Lime could be end up more bitter than lemon. It is all I can get at the moment lol Lime
how much does it make?
This method sounds wonderfully simple but doesn't explain what to do about the chalazae (the little white strings that anchor the yolk to the egg shell in very fresh eggs). That was always the reason I personally strained my egg sauces, to remove those. They do not dissolve, but cook up into a solid clump. I have sometimes trimmed them off before adding, but you obviously didn't do that in the video. How do YOU deal with them?
Naomi Snider I wanted to know if you could help me out? I made lemon curd for the first time and it was awful! I read the recipe 3 times before making it. The result was smelled like eggs and it tasted like eggs with the other ingredienst, I loved only that part. The eggy smell and taste was not the best part. Could you help me out, if you can?
@@craftysmalltowngirl Sorry, I don't know. I have been holding off making this until I hear from the maker of this video for an answer to my own question. She is apparently not responding. I did read someone else's comment that they experienced the egginess also, but most of the commenters are raving about their results. Go figure.
yumm
I made the curd and it wasn't thick like yours it was smooth and like water maybe I added too much sugar or butter or lemon juice. I put it on medium flame to thicken well see if it turns out okay 😢
wow
Gonna try making this today :D
Edit: I followed your recipe to a T, and I must say I am happy with how it came, but it came out too strong-flavoured, way too much lemon and too much sugar, I'd say. It would be fine if there was just half of both in my opinion.
Thanks. Recipe for anyone looking for it >>>
www.food.com/recipe/lemon-curd-by-fine-cooking-384086
Love it... :-)
I just made this, it tastes yummy and lemony sweet, but it smells really strongly of egg :( I don't know what I did wrong or how to fix it.
+ZoobaAruba you probably didn't do anything wrong. You should always use fresh eggs to start, however. You could also increase the amount of lemon zest....... but as I mentioned in a separate comment, I would actually puree the lemon zest with the lemon juice to keep everything smooth at the very end. Alternatively, while this recipe doesn't call for it, you could choose to offset some of the egg content with a fillers or thickeners like a little bit of gelatin (blend it into some heated lemon juice before mixing it in with the rest of the liquids), cornstarch, or even some VERY-fine almond meal.
rkmugen Ok, thanks for the tips :)