lemon curd
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Definition
Noun: A thick, creamy, sweet spread or conserve made by cooking together lemons (or lemon juice), butter, eggs, and sugar. It has a rich, tangy, and buttery flavor.
Usage
"Lemon curd" is a non-count noun. It refers to the prepared food substance as a whole. It is used as a spread, a filling for pastries and cakes, or a topping for desserts. * You spread lemon curd on toast or scones. * This tart is filled with homemade lemon curd. * She served the pudding with a dollop of lemon curd.
Examples
- For breakfast, I had a warm scone with clotted cream and lemon curd.
- The recipe for the lemon meringue pie requires a full jar of lemon curd.
- Making lemon curd from scratch requires careful heating to avoid curdling the eggs.
Advanced Usage
- As a flavor component: Lemon curd is often used as a flavor layer in more complex desserts.
- The cake had alternating layers of vanilla sponge and sharp lemon curd.
- Figurative use (rare): Sometimes used metaphorically to describe something with a similar texture or a sweet-yet-sharp quality.
- Her voice was smooth yet tart, like lemon curd.
Variants and Related Words
- Fruit curd: The general category for similar conserves made with other citrus fruits like lime, orange, or passion fruit (e.g., lime curd, passionfruit curd).
- Curd: More commonly refers to the dairy product (e.g., cheese curd) or the coagulated part of milk. "Lemon curd" is a specific, non-dairy usage of the word.
- Conserve: A general term for preserved fruit, often similar to jam but sometimes with whole pieces. Lemon curd is a type of conserve.
- Lemon butter: A synonym for lemon curd, commonly used in some regions like Australia and New Zealand.
Synonyms
- Lemon butter
- Lemon cheese (a less common, chiefly British term)
- Citrus curd (when referring to the general type)
Related Phrases/Compounds
- Lemon curd tart: A pastry tart with a lemon curd filling.
- Lemon curd yogurt: Yogurt with lemon curd swirled through it.
Noun
- a conserve with a thick consistency; made with lemons and butter and eggs and sugar