Lemon curd
Discover this delicious and easy-to-make lemon cream, perfect for a light dessert.
This lemon cream is perfect for a light and refreshing dessert. It takes only 30 minutes to prepare and serves 12 people.
Ingredients and directions
- Prep time30 min
- Cook time15 min
- Total45 min
- DifficultyEasy
- CostBudget
- Cooking methodsaucepan
- Estimated cost$11.21 $0.93 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
- Vegetarian
Ingredients
people
- $0.71
- $4.39
- $0.58
- $5.19
- $0.34
Prices from US supermarkets for 2 of 5 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.
Directions
- In a saucepan, pour in the lemon juice, eggs, sugar, butter, and zest. ≈ 3 min
- Whisk until the mixture is smooth. ≈ 4 min
- Next, check the consistency: it should be that of a pastry cream. ≈ 3 min
The bill
Lemon curd
- 300 g of lemon juice$0.71
- 475 g of butter$4.39
- 750 g of sugar$0.58
- 13 eggs$5.19
- Zest of 2 lemons$0.34
Total$11.21
that's $0.93 per person
Estimated price; varies by store.
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