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lemon curd

lemon curd

3 2.5
A thick sweet spread made from lemons, butter, eggs, and sugar for cakes and toast
  • noun
  • /ˈlɛmən kɜrd/
translation icon : crema de limón
  • The chef prepared a delicious tart filled with lemon curd and a crisp pastry crust.
  • lemon curd tart
  • jar of lemon curd
  • cake with lemon curd

I'm going to do a ring around the outside, then I'm going to do lemon curd, then another ring of buttercream, and then blackcurrant jam.

Examples

  • For dessert, we spread lemon curd on scones and served them with clotted cream.

  • So we're going to make a lemon cake with lemon curd and lemon Bavarian cream on the inside with a lemon cream cheese frosting.

  • So I'm going to put the lemon curd on top.

  • She made homemade lemon curd and whipped cream to put on it, and it was excellent!

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  • We have strawberry lemon, it's actually lemon curd and blueberry jam.

  • I hope you enjoy my lemon Raspberry cake with a beautiful cream cheese buttercream and a bit of lemon curd in between the layers.

  • I hope you enjoy my lemon Raspberry cake with a beautiful cream cheese buttercream and a bit of lemon curd in between the layers.

  • I'm going to do a ring around the outside, then I'm going to do lemon curd, then another ring of buttercream, and then blackcurrant jam.

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  • I enjoyed a slice of cake filled with lemon curd and topped with fresh strawberries.

Synonyms

lemon cheese
vslemon curd
  • UK
4.2

A sweet thick spread for toast or cake made from lemons, butter, eggs, and sugar

has the same ingredients and use but is the more common name

How Thick

lemon cheese
  • UK
4.2
lemon curd
3 2.5
lemon butter
1 2.9
lemon juice
46 1.0

Surface Forms

lemon curd singular
lemon curds plural

Morphology

lemon + curd

The compound is directly compositional: a B1 learner who knows 'lemon' and 'curd' can infer a thickened, coagulated lemon-based substance used as a spread or filling. The noun-noun combination follows normal English compounding patterns and matches cross-linguistic culinary constructs, so the meaning is immediately recoverable from the parts.

Etymology

Lemon curd comes from the word curd, which used to mean milk that had become thick and lumpy. One popular story says cooks called the lemon mix a 'curd' because eggs and butter make it set into a thick, curd-like spread, so the name now fits the sweet topping people spread on toast or cakes.