This rich, bright, homemade lemon curd adds gorgeous lemony flavor to pancakes, crepes, lemon bars and so many other recipes. This Low sodium, gluten free lemon curd is easy to make with fresh lemons, eggs and butter.

A delicious, tangy homemade lemon curd.
Picture me, slaving over a HOT stove… for about 10 minutes and then it’s done and off to the fridge! Terrifically simple. Powerful lemon flavor.

A lovely filling for lemon meringue pie and a bright, refreshing condiment for pancakes and other culinary delights. See the lemon zest in there? yummy tangy flavor!
This curd is refreshing and the flavor is intense. I just know you will love it and find lots of wonderful recipes to use it in. I use in my lemon cheesecake delights (an amazing lemon bar with a yummy lemon cookie crust)and Blueberry Lemon Curd crepes. But don’t stop there. Try Lemon curd on our Crispy Light Waffles or Greek Yogurt pancakes with a Raspberry topping. Promise you will LOVE them too!
Recipe Notes on Homemade Lemon Curd Recipe:

Finished lemon curd. It continues to set up as it cools, but remains a thick, spreadable condiment or filling.
TIP: This recipe is easy just don’t overcook it or the eggs will turn into little white bits in the curd. If you look close in the pictures of this post you may see a bit of egg white floating in the curd. It doesn’t hurt the curd. Nonetheless, not ideal.
Actually the hardest part of this recipe for me was zesting the lemon! I don’t have a lemon zestor so I used the tiny zesting teeth on my four sided grater. That was a BAD idea! I only needed 2 teaspoons of zest. I spent a goodly amount of time digging the zest out of the grater’s teeth. Not fun! And I didn’t get it all, so if you have a zester it will be much easier!
NOTE: Do NOT boil. The eggs will overcook and you will have little pieces of egg floating about in your curd.
Here’s the method for homemade Lemon Curd:
- Whisk together juice, zest, sugar, and eggs in a 2-quart heavy saucepan.
- Stir in butter and cook over moderately low heat, whisking frequently. I use a large metal whisk until the curd is thick enough to hold the marks of the whisk.
- When the first bubble appears on surface, about 6 minutes; remove from heat immediately.
- Transfer lemon curd to a covered bowl and chill until cold, at least 1 hour.
- Curd can be chilled up to 1 week
Nutritional Information:
52 CALORIES/serving
- Fat 5% 3 g
- Carbs 1 % 5 g
- Protein 1 % 1 g

Homemade Lemon Curd Recipe
This rich, bright, homemade lemon curd adds gorgeous lemony flavor to pancakes, crepes or lemon bars...LOTS of recipes. Low sodium, gluten free lemon curd is easy to make with fresh lemons, eggs and butter
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons finely grated fresh lemon zest
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 6 Tablespoons unsalted butter , cut into bits
Instructions
- Whisk together juice, zest, sugar, and eggs in a 2-quart heavy saucepan.
- Stir in butter and cook over moderately low heat, whisking frequently, until curd is thick enough to hold the marks of the whisk.
- When the first bubble appears on surface, about 6 minutes; remove from heat immediately.
- Transfer lemon curd to a covered bowl and chill until cold, at least 1 hour.
- Curd can be chilled up to 1 week.
Notes
NOTE: Do NOT boil. The eggs will overcook and you will have little pieces of egg floating about in your curd.
Nutrition Information
Amount Per Serving Calories 52
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Laurie Robinson
Tuesday 6th of February 2018
Can this be used for lemon meringue pie?
Diane
Tuesday 6th of February 2018
Hi Laurie, I don't use it for my lemon meringue pie recipes. Lemon curd is a thick sauce. It won't set up firmly like the lemon filling a lemon pie requires. If you need a good Meringue lemon pie filling check out ours. It's very easy and also very similar to this curd recipe. But it does use cornstarch to firm it up. Thanks for the question and Have a great day!
Isadora Guidoni
Friday 26th of January 2018
I've never tried making a lemon curd myself, so I must say I'm curious to try it. Thanks for sharing!
Diane
Friday 26th of January 2018
My Pleasure Isadora. Enjoy!
Alyse
Monday 8th of January 2018
Made this for the 1st time and was pleasantly surprised how good it was! Thanks for sharing this recipe.
Diane
Monday 8th of January 2018
Hi Alyse, I'm so glad you enjoyed it.Thank you for sharing your experience with our lemon curd recipe. Have a great day!
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