Description
Make your own homemade Key Lime Curd in less than 20 minutes!
Ingredients
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1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup cold water
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 cup key lime juice
2 teaspoons of lime zest
Instructions
- In a saucepan, mix together the sugar, water and cornstarch.
- Bring it to a boil on low-medium heat and whisk constantly. This mixture needs to get fairly thick – almost like a thick pudding consistency.
- When the mixture thickens, reduce your heat to low and stir/whisk for another minute.
- Remove the mixture from the heat, place in a non-metallic bowl and add key lime juice and zest.
- Allow your key lime curd to cool and thicken at room temperature.
- Store in your fridge for up to a three days.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 tablespoon
- Calories: 62
- Sugar: 12.6 g
- Sodium: 0.6 mg
- Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 15.9 g
- Protein: 0 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg