Artificial Flavors Free Lemon Curd

Bright, tangy, and impossibly silky, this lemon curd is the kind of thing you'll want to spoon straight from the jar. Store-bought versions are notorious for relying on artificial lemon flavoring, citric acid blends, and preservatives to mimic the real thing — but this recipe skips all of that entirely. Every bit of flavor here comes from fresh lemon juice and lemon zest, so what you taste is genuinely the fruit, nothing manufactured or synthetic. The double-boiler method gently cooks the eggs and sugar into a smooth, glossy custard, and whisking in cold butter at the end gives it that luxurious, melt-on-your-tongue texture. Straining the finished curd through a fine-mesh sieve makes it perfectly smooth and ready to spread, swirl, or dollop wherever you need a hit of sunshine. Slather it on scones, layer it into a tart shell, or just keep a jar in the fridge for whenever the craving strikes — it's that versatile.

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