lemon curd

noun

: a custard made with lemon juice, butter, sugar, and eggs and used as a spread or filling

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The filling is made with a homemade creamy lemon curd. Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Apr. 2025 Other offerings: matcha with Swiss meringue and black cocoa, mango yuzu Chantilly, cannoli cake and a Garden cake with lemon curd, pea sponge and basil soak. Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025 The palate exhibits notes of lemon curd and honeysuckle. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025 There’s also sweet options such as Orange Date Scones that are served warm with house made lemon curd, Almond Financier, and assorted Petits Frais. Aly Walansky, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for lemon curd

Word History

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of lemon curd was in 1895

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“Lemon curd.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lemon%20curd. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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