Description
When life gives you a bunch of limes, make lime curd! This twist on traditional lemon curd uses limes instead. Use it as a cake filling, or any other way you desire.
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- ¼ cup butter
- ¾ cup fresh lime juice
- 1 tablespoon lime zest
- 2 eggs, beaten
Instructions
- Place sugar
- lime juice
- butter
- and lime zest in the top of a double boiler; stir over medium-high heat until butter melts.
- Temper eggs by mixing 2 tablespoons hot lime mixture into eggs
- stir to blend.
- Reduce heat to medium until water simmers. Slowly whisk egg mixture into the lime mixture. Cook over the double boiler until lime mixture thickens and coats the back of a wooden spoon
- 20 to 25 minutes.
- Cool slightly and spoon into a clean
- glass jar. Cover and refrigerate.
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 40 mins
Servings: 8