Ridiculously Easy Microwave Lemon Curd

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Making homemade lemon curd can be a complicated process. Not this Microwave Lemon Curd! It's silky smooth, bursting with bright lemon flavor and comes together in minutes!

·published 2020-03-07

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Servings

['32', '32 1 tablespoon servings']

Total time

11 min

prep 5 min

Calories / serving

60 kcal

Ingredients (6)

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1 cup sugarsugar
finely grated zest from 2 lemonslemon
½ cup lemon juicelemon-juice
2 large egg yolks (reserve the whites for another use or discard)egg
3 large eggsegg
4 ounces salted butter (cut into cubes)butter

Instructions (3 steps)

01In a large microwave-safe bowl, whisk together the sugar, eggs, egg yolks, lemon juice and salt (1/8 teaspoon if using unsalted butter) until smooth. Add butter cubes. Microwave on high power for 45 seconds. Remove and stir vigorously with a whisk.
02Continue to cook 45-second intervals, stirring after each interval. It will take 4-7 minutes, depending on the power of your microwave. Lemon curd is done cooking when it coats the back of a metal spoon. You can also check it with an instant thermometer. It’s done when it reaches 175˚F.
03Remove from the microwave and whisk well. Add lemon zest and stir. Allow the curd to cool to room temperature. It will thicken as it cools. Cover and store in the refrigerator.

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