lemon curd

noun

: a custard made with lemon juice, butter, sugar, and eggs and used as a spread or filling

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Move onto traditional English scones with strawberry jam and lemon curd, followed by a fine tray of sweet treats from lavender and honey tarts with Walled Garden honey curd to blueberry log, complete with lemon drizzle cake. Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024 The chocolate mousse with blood orange chocolate and lemon curd is the ideal way to finish. Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024 The towering cake, made by Confectionery Designs located in Rehoboth, Mass., featured a lemon pound cake with raspberry cream filling, a chocolate pound cake with vanilla bean filling and strawberries, plus a layer of lemon curd. Marina Watts, Peoplemag, 24 July 2024 Also in my job description is scooping homemade jam—strawberry thyme balsamic, raspberry red wine vinegar, and lemon curd—into dozens of small dipping cups. Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for lemon curd 

Word History

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of lemon curd was in 1895

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“Lemon curd.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lemon%20curd. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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