Lemon Curd Tutorial!

Lemon curd is sweet, tart, and super smooth. It's like sour lemon pudding and it makes the best filling for cupcakes and lemon meringue pie. YUM.


4 oz. room temp unsalted butter1 cup sugar 
1/2 tsp salt
2 whole eggs 
4 egg yolks 
2/3 cup fresh lemon juice 
zest of 2 lemons

1.  Cream the butter and the sugar in a mixer until it's super fluffy.
2. Add the salt, eggs, and the yolks and beat on high for 1 minute.

3.  Slowly beat in the lemon juice. (at this point it might look curdled and really gross. That's okay)
4. Pour the mixture and zest into a saucepan on medium heat and whisk slowly until it reaches 160*F. If you don't have a thermometer you can tell it's done when you can drag your finger across the back of a spoon and it leaves a clean line.

5. Chill until its cold.