{"id":235,"date":"2019-02-03T00:38:46","date_gmt":"2019-02-03T00:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramimarcus.com\/Recipes\/?p=235"},"modified":"2020-09-14T03:46:21","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T03:46:21","slug":"lemon-curd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ramimarcus.com\/Recipes\/lemon-curd\/","title":{"rendered":"Lemon Curd"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yield<\/strong>: 1 1\/2 cups<\/span><\/h2>\n

Ingredients<\/h2>\n
\u2022 1\u00a0cup sugar<\/div>\n
\u2022\u00a02 tablespoon lemon zest<\/div>\n
\u2022\u00a03 whole eggs<\/div>\n
\u2022\u00a03 egg yolks<\/div>\n
\u2022\u00a02\/3 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice (about 4-5 lemons)<\/div>\n
\u2022\u00a03 tablespoons unsalted butter (optional)<\/div>\n

Instructions<\/h2>\n
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  1. \n
    Add sugar and zest to a bowl, and incorporate the two together with your fingers<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  2. \n
    Next add the whole eggs and the yolks, and then the lemon juice.\u00a0 Gently combine with a whisk, just until the sugar is dissolved.\u00a0 Be careful not to whisk too hard as you don\u2019t want to incorporate too much air into the mixture.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  3. \n
    Heat a pot of water to boiling, then reduce to low to simmer.\u00a0 Set the bowl with the lemon curd mixture over the pot (double-boiler method), making sure that the bowl is not actually touching the simmering water. If you use a low heat and a decent pot, you can get away with heating directly in the pot, but be very careful not to overheat and cook the eggs.\u00a0 Either way, use a rubber spatula to continuously stir the lemon curd mixture.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  4. \n
    Cook to 170F, roughly 10 minutes.\u00a0 The curd mixture should be thick and pudding-like. Carefully remove the bowl with the curd from the pot of simmering water.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  5. \n
    Add the butter (if using) and stir until melted.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  6. \n
    Strain into a bowl.\u00a0 The curd should now have a smooth, luxurious consistency.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  7. \n
    Cover with plastic wrap to prevent skin from forming; place into refrigerator and completely chill before using.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    This lemon curd is very tart, which works well when filling something very sweet, but more sugar can be added to sweeten. Start with 1\/4 cup. The fat from additional butter (up to 6tbsp total) can also balance the acid tartness. Egg yolks are optional, but create a richer flavor and a more velvety texture. Add to whipped cream, use as a filling for macarons, or mix into yogurt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":237,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-frosting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramimarcus.com\/Recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramimarcus.com\/Recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramimarcus.com\/Recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramimarcus.com\/Recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramimarcus.com\/Recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ramimarcus.com\/Recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":720,"href":"https:\/\/ramimarcus.com\/Recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235\/revisions\/720"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramimarcus.com\/Recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramimarcus.com\/Recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramimarcus.com\/Recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramimarcus.com\/Recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}