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Sous Vide Lemon Curd
With the help of sous vide, you can make smooth as silk lemon curd. My sous vide lemon curd recipe is cooked in mason jars.
A glass jar filled with smooth, yellow sous vide lemon curd sits on a white surface.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Prep Time1 hour 5 minutes
servings3 servings

Ingredients

  • 10 Egg Yolks
  • 6 whole Lemons zested & juiced
  • 1 Cup Fresh Lemon Juice
  • 1 ½ Cup Sugar
  • 1 ½ sticks Butter melted and cooled

Instructions

  1. Separate the yolks from the whites and save the whites for another recipe.
    10 Egg Yolks
  2. Zest 6 lemons and measure out ¼ cup of zest.
    6 whole Lemons
  3. In a food processor, blend the sugar and the lemon zest until the sugar is a fine powder and the zest has infused the sugar.
    1 ½ Cup Sugar
  4. With the food processor running, pour in the 1 cup of fresh lemon juice
    1 Cup Fresh Lemon Juice
  5. Add the egg yolks, one at a time, allowing each one to incorporate fully.
  6. While the food processor is still running, pour the melted and cooled butter into the yolk/lemon juice mixture.
    1 ½ sticks Butter
  7. Strain the mixture through a super fine mesh strainer to help remove any foam.
  8. Fill half pint jelly jars with the lemon curd mixture.
  9. Place a lid and ring on top of the jars and make the ring finger tight.
  10. Heat the sous vide to 167 °F / 75 °C.
  11. Once heated, carefully lower the jars into the water with a jar lifter. Make sure there is water completely surrounding the jars.
  12. Cook for 1 hour.
  13. Carefully remove from the water and allow to rest to cool to room temperature and then store in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.

Nutrition

Serving: 0.5cup | Calories: 1064kcal | Carbohydrates: 128g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 63g | Saturated Fat: 35g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 19g | Trans Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 769mg | Sodium: 398mg | Potassium: 463mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 108g | Vitamin A: 2330IU | Vitamin C: 146mg | Calcium: 153mg | Iron: 3mg
CourseSous Vide
CuisineFrench
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