Healthier Honey Lemon Curd

This sweet & tart honey lemon curd, without any white sugar and less butter, is a healthier alternative to normal, overly sweet lemon curd.

Lemon curd doesn’t have to be filled with more sugar than all the other ingredients combined. It can still be creamy and tart and delicious without making you feel like you ate rocks. This recipe uses honey instead of sugar, and only a little bit, to provide a nice balance of sweet and tart without being heavy.

Make this honey lemon curd and put it on everything (try some swirled into blueberry swirl popsicles). I’m thinking about a recipe that uses it for the weekend, but it’ll probably all be eaten by then. You might get green pea pancakes instead (hooray?).

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Yield: 1 cup

Healthier Honey Lemon Curd

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This sweet & tart honey lemon curd, without any white sugar and less butter, is a healthier alternative to normal, overly sweet lemon curd.

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup honey
• 3 egg yolks
• 1/2 cup lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon lemon zest
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter, cut into small pieces

Instructions

1. Whisk the honey and egg yolks in a small saucepan until combined and lightened in colour. Add the lemon juice and zest. Cook over low heat until it starts to thicken, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon.
2. Add the butter and cook for another minute or so until it's thick and the butter has been incorporated. Pour it into a small jar or container with a lid and refrigerate. It'll keep for about a week in the fridge. If you see mould, stop eating it. This recipe can easily be doubled, tripled, or quadrupled, so go nuts.

Notes

1. You can strain it before putting into the container if you want to, but I never bother. I like the little bits of lemon zest.

2. Make sure you stir constantly, or you'll get lemon scrambled eggs. Yuck.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

20 tablespoons

Serving Size:

1 tablespoon
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 43Total Fat: 3gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 34mgSodium: 3mgCarbohydrates: 4gFiber: 0gSugar: 4gProtein: 0g

This data is provided by a calculator and is a rough estimation of the nutritional information in this recipe.