Best 4 Recipe Lemon Curd Recipes

GINGERBREAD CUPCAKES WITH LEMON CURD FILLING AND WHIPPED CREAM FROSTING RECIPE - (4.4/5)

Steps:

• Make the lemon curd filling: 1. Cream the butter and sugar in the smaller bowl of the stand mixer (with the whip attachment). 2. Mix in the eggs and then the lemon juice. (Mixture will look curdled.) 3. Transfer to a small pot and cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until thickened (about 15 minutes.) The curd should coat the back of a spoon and register 170 degrees F on a thermometer. Do not allow it to boil. 4. Remove from the heat and stir in the lemon zest. Transfer to a heat safe vessel, cover the surface with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until cooled. Make the gingerbread cupcakes: 5. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. 6. Place the flours, sugar, spices, baking soda, and salt in the larger bowl of the stand mixer, and mix on low speed (with the paddle attachment) to combine. 7. Add the cold, cubed butter, and continue to mix on low speed for 2-3 minutes, or until the mixture resembles bread crumbs. 8. Stir in the eggs until incorporated. Mixture will resemble cookie dough. 9. Add the Greek yogurt, molasses, and fresh ginger, and continue to mix until combined. Scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl, and beat for about 90 seconds to aerate the batter and develop the cake's structure. 10. Fill each well of a paper-lined cupcake pan with 1/4 cup of batter, and bake for 20 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out clean. 11. Cool completely, fill with lemon curd, and top with whipped cream. Make the whipped cream: 12. Place 2 tablespoons heavy cream in a small bowl, and sprinkle the powdered gelatin over the surface. Allow to stand for 5 minutes. Stir gently and warm slightly in the microwave (about 15 seconds). Stir again to ensure that the gelatin has dissolved. Allow to cool slightly. 13. Place the remaining cream in the smaller bowl of the stand mixer, and whip on high speed (with the whip attachment), until slightly thickened. 14. Add the sugar, and continue to whip until the soft peak stage. 15. Add the cooled gelatin mixture and whip until the stiff peak stage. 16. Pipe onto Gingerbread Cupcakes, and sprinkle on chopped candied ginger for garnish.

LEMON CURD (BAREFOOT CONTESSA) RECIPE

Steps:

• 1. Using a carrot peeler, remove the zest of 3 lemons, being careful to avoid the white pith. Put the zest in a food processor fitted with a steel blade. Add the sugar and pulse until the zest is very finely minced into the sugar. 2. Cream the butter and beat in the sugar and lemon mixture. Add the eggs, one at a time, and then add the lemon juice and salt. Mix until combined. 3. Pour the mixture into a 2 quart saucepan and cook over low heat until thickened (about 10 minutes), stirring constantly. The lemon curd will thicken at about 170 degrees, or just below simmer. Remove from the heat and cool or refrigerate.

LEMON CURD CUSTARD ICE CREAM RECIPE - (4.4/5)

Steps:

• In a bowl, whisk together the egg yolks, sugar, vanilla, and salt. Pour the half-and-half and cream into the top of a double boiler** and heat over hot water until hot, but not boiling. Stir with a wooden spoon, scraping the bottom of the pan to prevent sticking. **NOTE: I carefully heated the milk and cream in my microwave, being careful not to let it boil. Personally, this is easier for me. Slowly pour some of the hot cream into the eggs, to temper it. Slowly add the rest of the hot cream, whisking constantly until smooth. Return to the double boiler** and cook over medium-low until thick and bubbling around the edges. **NOTE: I used direct heat, being very careful to stir constantly and to keep the temperature on medium-low. It took about 15 minutes for the custard to thicken, so be patient! The custard will coat a wooden spoon. You can also coat a regular spoon, run your finger through it. If the line remains separate, it's ready! Strain the custard through a fine-mesh sieve into a metal bowl (don't skip this step). Cover and chill for at least 4 hours or overnight. HOMEMADE LEMON CURD (Optional): In a 2 quart saucepan, combine lemon juice, lemon zest, sugar, eggs, and butter. Cook over medium-low heat until thick enough to hold marks from whisk, and first bubble appears on surface, about 6 minutes. Remove from heat. The curd can be stored in the refrigerator, in a tight-fitting jar, for up to one week. I recommend that you made the ice cream custard and the lemon curd the day before actually making the ice cream. TO MAKE THE ICE CREAM: Whisk one cup of cold lemon curd into the chilled egg custard. Turn on the machine, and then add the cream mix into the canister of an ice cream maker. Freeze according to manufacturer's instructions. Transfer to a shallow quart container, cover with plastic wrap, and freeze in the refrigerator's freezer for at least 3 hours until ready to serve.

MARY ANN CAKE WITH LEMON CURD AND BLUEBERRIES RECIPE - (3.8/5)

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a Mary Ann cake pan. Over a sheet of waxed paper, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the flat beater, beat the butter on medium speed until smooth and creamy, 1 to 2 minutes. Reduce the speed to low and gradually add the granulated sugar, beating until blended. Increase the speed to medium-high and continue beating until the mixture is light and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes, stopping the mixer occasionally to scrape down the sides of the bowl. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition, stopping the mixer occasionally to scrape down the sides of the bowl. Beat in the vanilla. Reduce the speed to low and add the flour mixture in three additions, alternating with the milk and beginning and ending with the flour, beating just until blended and no lumps of flour remain. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Transfer the pan to a wire rack and let cool for 15 minutes. Carefully turn the cake out onto the rack and let cool completely, at least 1 hour. Just before serving, spoon the lemon curd into the well of the cake, spreading it to the edges. Arrange the blueberries on top of the curd. Dust the cake with confectioners' sugar. This recipe yields 12 to 16 servings.