Vanilla Bean Lemon Curd

May 29, 2013

I love smearing lemon curd on just about everything: scones, toast, muffins…or stuffing it inside some Lemon-Vanilla Dream Bars. Now that I know how easy it is to make my own, you’d better believe I’ll be making this often! Especially to balance out all of the “healthy eating” I’m doing eating egg-white casseroles. :-) Hey, I can’t waste good egg yolks.

1 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
1/2 cup lemon juice
6 egg yolks
1 teaspoon lemon zest
1 vanilla bean, scraped
1 stick cold butter, cut into cubes

In a medium sauce pan off the heat, whisk sugar, cornstarch and lemon juice until cornstarch dissolves. Whisk in yolks, zest and vanilla seeds. Add butter; and whisk over medium heat until thick, 6...
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Nutritions

Calories
382

Sodium
14mg
0% DV

Fat
27g
42% DV

Protein
3g
7% DV

Carbs
29g
10% DV

Fiber
1.0g
4% DV

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