Baking Basics Series: Lemon Curd ~ This is one of those useful recipe components that is easy to make and handy to have around. Lemon curd is used in or on many things likes cakes, cupcakes, tarts, pies and scones.
While you can certainly buy it, I prefer to make homemade, especially since lemon is one of my favorite flavors. I love the tartness of fresh squeezed lemons.
This recipe requires everything to be homemade. In other words, using lemon juice from a bottle won’t work. You want the freshness of real lemon juice and most importantly, the skin is where the majority of a lemon’s flavor comes from. It’s the zest of the skin that gives lemon curd its punched up flavor and bite. That said, when choosing lemons look for unblemished ones and lemons that are smooth, bright and shiny.
