
Bright, tangy, and silky smooth, this lemon curd is the kind of thing you'll want to spoon straight from the jar. It's made with just six real ingredients — eggs, sugar, fresh lemon juice and zest, butter, and a pinch of salt — which means there's no room for the refined vegetable or seed oils that sneak into so many store-bought versions. The double-boiler method gives you total control over the heat, coaxing the eggs and butter into a luxuriously thick, glossy curd without any risk of scrambling. Whisking in cold butter cubes at the end is what gives it that velvety, melt-on-your-tongue texture that no jarred product can match. Straining it through a fine-mesh sieve leaves you with something impossibly smooth and deeply lemony. Spread it on toast, swirl it into yogurt, or use it as a tart filling — however you use it, you'll know exactly what went into every bite.
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Fill a small saucepan with about 1 inch of water and bring to a gentle simmer over medium heat. Set a heatproof bowl over the saucepan, making sure the bottom of the bowl does not touch the water.
Whisk the eggs, sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest, and salt together in the heatproof bowl until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture is smooth.
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