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Homemade Lemon Curd – Pareve version

Name: Homemade Lemon Curd – Pareve version
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 3 eggs; ¾ cup sugar; 4 lemons (juice and zest); 3¼ oz canola oil diced

A tangy, smooth lemon curd for spreading on bread and on cakes. Pareve version: Canola oil.

⏱ 25 min🍽 8 servings 🌍 Mediterranean👩‍🍳 Afoona

🧀 Dairy 🥬 Vegetarian 🌾 Gluten-free

Versions:Original ⚖ Pareve

👨‍🍳 Method

1
Zest the lemons and squeeze the juice.
Microplane zesterLemon juicer
2
Whisk the egg yolks and the sugar in a heatproof bowl.
BowlWhisk
3
Add the juice, the zest and the canola oil and stir.
4
Set the bowl over a pot of boiling water and stir nonstop 12 minutes, until the mixture thickens.
StovePotWhisk
5
Pour the curd into a clean jar through a fine sieve, seal and refrigerate.
Fine sieveJarRefrigerator

197calories

3 gprotein

21 gcarbs

12 gfat

● protein 6%● carbs 41%● fat 53%

Per serving (79 g), of 8 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

Eggs: measured in pieces: one ≈ 50 g · 143 kcal per 100 g · More about Eggs →
Sugar: measured in cup in this recipe: 1 cup = 200 g · 387 kcal per 100 g · More about Sugar →
Lemon: measured in pieces: one ≈ 58 g · 29 kcal per 100 g · More about Lemon →
Butter: 1 cup = 227 g · 717 kcal per 100 g · More about Butter →

🔧 Tools needed (9) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

Refrigerator · Also works: Freezer (Chills faster; don't let it freeze) · Ice bath (Ice bath)
Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
Pot · Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (less liquid, faster evaporation) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Wok (For quick cooking)
Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)
Fine sieve · Also works: Cheesecloth (Cheesecloth over a sieve) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Colander (Lets more through)
Lemon juicer · Also works: Fork (Squeeze by hand around a fork; seeds get in)
Whisk · Also works: Hand mixer (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Fork (Beat with a fork, less air)
Microplane zester · Also works: Peeler (Peel and chop finely) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Grater (Fine side of a box grater; picks up the bitter pith too)
Jar · Also works: Storage container (None)

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🧩 Built from…

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