Lemon Curd

🥘 Ingredients

• lemons 3
• sugar 1 ½ cup
• butter ¼ lb
• eggs 4
• lemon juice ½ cup
• salt 0.12 tsp

1. 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 the steel blade. Add the sugar and pulse until the zest is very finely minced into the sugar.
2. 2

   Cream the room temperature butter and beat in the sugar and lemon mixture. Add the eggs , 1 at a time, and then add the lemon juice and salt . Mix until combined.
3. 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°F, or just below simmer. Remove from the heat and cool or refrigerate.