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    Home » Eggless Recipes

    Eggless Lemon Curd

    Published: May 17, 2023 · Last Modified: May 17, 2023 by Kanan Patel / 6 Comments

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    This eggless lemon curd is thick, smooth, velvety creamy, and has a deliciously tart yet sweet citrus flavor. You’ll need 5 ingredients and 10 minutes to make this easy recipe.

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    • ❤️ About This Eggless Lemon Curd Recipe
    • 🧾 Ingredient Notes
    • 🎥 Eggless Lemon Curd Recipe Video
    • 👩‍🍳 How To Make Lemon Curd Without Eggs?
    • 💭 Expert Tips For No Egg Lemon Curd
    • 🥣 Storage Instructions
    • 🍽 How To Use Eggless Lemon Curd?
    • 📋 Recipe Card
    • ⭐ Reviews

    ❤️ About This Eggless Lemon Curd Recipe

    Consistency: It is thick yet runny, good both for drizzling and for spreading on. 

    You can call it a creamy lemon version of jam.

    It is incredibly easy to make and uses simple pantry ingredients.

    Because this is an egg-free version of lemon curd, this recipe doesn’t involve a double boiler or some careful steps. 

    This eggless lemon curd makes a great filling for cakes, cupcakes, crepes, pies, tarts and makes delicious topping on scones, muffins, bread, eggless pancakes, or eggless waffles.

    🧾 Ingredient Notes

    Eggless lemon curd ingredients are in individual bowls on a marble surface.
    • Unsalted butter: I prefer to use unsalted so I can control the salt intake. But if you have salted butter on hand then you can use that.
    • Lemon juice: I highly recommend using freshly squeezed lemon juice. The bottled lemon juice doesn’t give a good lemony flavor. 
    • Lemon zest: It is the outer bright yellow layer of the lemon rind. Use the Microplane zester to get the zest. Make sure not to grate the inner white part of the rind, just grate the yellow part. The white part is bitter and makes the cake slightly on the bitter taste.
    • Condensed milk: It adds sweetness and creaminess. Because this lemon curd is made without eggs, the richness comes from condensed milk instead of eggs.
    • Corn starch: It helps to make thick lemon curd. 
    • In this recipe, condensed milk and cornstarch are used as egg substitutes.

    🎥 Eggless Lemon Curd Recipe Video

    👩‍🍳 How To Make Lemon Curd Without Eggs?

    1) Take lemon juice, lemon zest and sugar in a saucepan. Turn the heat on medium.

    2) Bring it to a boil and simmer for 3-4 minutes.

    3) Meantime, mix cornstarch and water in a small bowl and make a lump-free batter.

    4) Add that to simmering lemon-sugar mixture and mix using a whisk. Within a minute or two it will thicken and becomes a thick paste.

    5) Now add chopped butter.

    6) Keep whisking until butter is melted and everything is incorporated well.

    Collage of 6 steps showing making eggless lemon curd on the stovetop.

    7) Remove it from the stove. Add condensed milk and mix.

    8) If needed you can add yellow food color and mix.

    9) Let it cool down completely and then store it in an airtight container. 

    Collage of 3 steps showing adding condensed milk, yellow food color and whisking.

    💭 Expert Tips For No Egg Lemon Curd

    • Keep whisking continuously after adding corn starch mixture, otherwise, it may become lumpy.
    • Keep the heat medium to low. 
    • After adding a corn scratch water mixture, it thickens very quickly (within a minute). So don’t go away, watch carefully, whisk constantly.
    • By any chance, if your lemon curd becomes lumpy, you can strain (pass it through a fine-mesh sieve) once it is ready to get a silky-smooth texture.

    🥣 Storage Instructions

    In the fridge: It stays good for 10 days in an airtight container.

    In the freezer: It stays good for up to 3 months. Freezing doesn’t compromise the texture and color once thawed. 

    Canning: You can preserve the lemon curd by canning using a hot water bath. The color may change with the canning method. 

    🍽 How To Use Eggless Lemon Curd?

    • Spread it on a toast, English muffins, scones, biscuits, croissants. 
    • It tastes delicious as a topping for eggless pancakes and eggless waffles when topped with fresh berries.
    • You can use this egg-free lemon curd as a filling for cakes and cupcakes.
    • Combined lemon curd and whipped cream to make a light, delicious lemon mousse.
    • Spoon it over your ice cream, cottage cheese, yogurt.
    • Spread it over the crepes and fill with berries and fold. It tastes too good.
    A bowl of eggless lemon curd on a green napkin with lemon halves and zester in the back.

    Check Out Other Lemon Desserts

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    • Eggless lemon poppy seed cookies

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    Eggless Lemon Curd Recipe

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    This eggless lemon curd is thick, smooth, velvety creamy and has a deliciously tart yet sweet citrus flavor.
    Author: Kanan
    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Calories: 156kcal
    Servings 1 cup
    Prep Time 5 minutes minutes
    Cook Time 5 minutes minutes
    Total Time 10 minutes minutes
    US measuring cups are used (1 cup = 240 ml) See details

    Ingredients  

    • ½ cup Lemon juice
    • 2 teaspoons Lemon zest
    • ½ cup Sugar
    • 1 ½ tablespoons Corn flour (corn starch)
    • 2 tablespoons Water
    • ⅓ cup Unsalted butter cut into small pieces
    • ¼ cup Sweetened condensed milk
    • Yellow food color optional

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    Instructions 

    • Take lemon juice, lemon zest and sugar in a saucepan. Turn the heat on medium.
    • Bring it to a boil and simmer for 3-4 minutes.
    • Meantime, mix cornstarch and water in a small bowl and make a lump-free batter.
    • Add that to simmering lemon-sugar mixture and mix using a whisk. Within a minute or two it will thicken and becomes a thick paste.
    • Now add chopped butter and keep whisking until butter is melted and everything is incorporated well.
    • Remove it from the stove. Add condensed milk and mix.
    • If needed you can add yellow food color and mix.
    • Let it cool down completely and then store it in an airtight container.

    Notes

    • Whisk constantly to avoid lumps in the curd.
    • Keep the heat medium to low.
    • Don’t go away after adding corn scratch slurry as it thickens within a minute.
    • If yours has lumps in it then strain it through a fine-mesh sieve.
    Storage: It stays good for 10 days in the refrigerator and up to 3 months in the freezer. Store in an airtight container.
    Serving Ideas
    • Spread it on a toast, English muffins, scones, biscuits, croissants.
    • Add as a topping for eggless pancakes and eggless waffles when topped with fresh berries.
    • Use as a filling for cakes and cupcakes.
    • Combined lemon curd and whipped cream to make a light, delicious lemon mousse.
    • Spoon it over your ice cream, cottage cheese, yogurt.
    • Spread it over the crepes and fill with berries and fold.

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    Nutrition

    Serving: 2tablespoons | Calories: 156kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 14mg | Potassium: 55mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 263IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 31mg | Iron: 1mg
    *Nutrition information is a rough estimate for 1 serving
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    1. Coco

      March 20, 2023 at 12:04 am

      This is awesome! It was easy to make and tastes terrific. I was probably closer to 1 tablespoon of zest but I love a strong lemon flavor. I used in a lemon cake roll and a lemon strawberry trifle, everyone loved it.5 stars

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      • Kanan Patel

        March 20, 2023 at 12:14 pm

        Very glad to hear that everyone liked it.

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