Ideas to use lemon curd or lemon cream

If you like the taste of lemon and you like confectionery, lemon curd will surely fit perfectly in your kitchen. Lemon curd or lemon cream is a typical English cream. Its color tends to be a deeper yellow than custard, it has a creamy but light texture, and a noticeable, savory lemon flavor .

If you are looking for an easy recipe to make lemon curd at home, I recommend the one you will find here .

But you should know that lemon curd can be found in very high quality packaging. Personally, I am in love with the Tiptree lemon curd , not only because of the quality of its ingredients and its flavor, but also because, once opened, it keeps wonderfully in the fridge for weeks (if you manage not to finish it before, of course).

But let's get to what concerns us today: How to use lemon curd? I hope that the ideas that follow inspire you and invite you to try it at home.

Lemon curd Tiptree and red berry brick dough tartlets recipe

Recipes to use lemon curd

1. Cookies with lemon curd

If you are one of those who prepare cookies at home, a great option is to give the dough a boat shape, to incorporate a little lemon curd on top before baking (incorporate very little cream, since with the heat it will become more liquid). You will see that you get cookies similar to those you find at the bakery and that will fly at home.

2. Crêpe cake with lemon cream

A recipe to enjoy at any snack. You just have to prepare some delicious crêpes (Nothing easier!) and stack them while incorporating the cream between each one of them. I leave you the recipe here for crepe cake with lemon cream. Logically, you can also prepare individual crepes, and fill each one with lemon cream (accompany it with whipped cream, you'll see what a great pleasure).

Crêpe cake recipe with lemon cream and mini-chiffon cakes

3. Cups of yogurt or mató / cottage cheese with lemon cream

If you want to surprise your guests with a very quick dessert to make, light and fresh, I recommend preparing a few cups of Greek yogurt with lemon cream. I'll tell you how: put a spoonful or two of lemon curd in the bottom of a glass or bowl; Pour a Greek yogurt on top of the cream (failing that, a quality natural yogurt), and decorate with some lemon peel shavings. Leave it in the fridge and serve at dessert time, a delight!

Also with cottage cheese, killed or recuit, serving it on a plate or bowl bathed in lemon curd creates a delicious contrast.

4. Tartlets with red berries

Brick dough tartlets (you can also use phyllo dough) with lemon curd filling and accompanied by red fruits. I won't say more, the photos speak for themselves... (you can find the recipe here ).

5. In biscuits

Make any basic cake that you know and incorporate lemon curd to give it the touch of lemon. You can incorporate the lemon curd as a decoration on top, or cut the cake in half (I recommend a cake cutter for this) and make a lemon cream filling. You can also mix the lemon curd into the batter and mix, just like you would make a zebra cake, but with lemon curd instead of chocolate - you'll see how every bite will taste like lemon!

6. Lemon bundt cake

I encourage you to make the classic lemon bundt cake recipe we have here , and swap out the lemon frosting for the lemon curd. You will see that the intensity of flavor is refreshing and delicious. Also as a filling - you can add lemon curd to the dough so that in the heart of the cake there is an intense lemon flavor.

Lemon bundt cake recipe and homemade muffins

7. Mini lemon chiffon cakes

If you look at the recipe for the mini-delights that you will see here , you will see that after baking, a lemon glaze is incorporated. What I propose is to change that glaze for a few drops of lemon curd. The other option is to insert the lemon curd inside the mini-chiffons... It will be the surprise after the first bite!

8. Lemon Heart Cupcakes and Muffins

Surely on some occasion you have tried or prepared stuffed muffins. Do you dare to make that filling with the intense flavor of lemon curd? You can do two things: prepare the muffins normally and insert lemon curd inside after baking, or mix a couple of tablespoons of lemon curd into the dough before baking and integrate it well. The decision is yours, I leave you the recipe for the homemade cupcakes here , or directly this delicious recipe for lemon curd cupcakes with meringue .

Recipe for cupcakes with lemon curd and meringue

9. Toast with lemon curd

Nothing simpler, I think! There are many people who use lemon curd as if it were jam. So I invite you to do this too: prepare a toast with good bread, thickly cut, and spread it with lemon curd. It will be your new favorite breakfast and snack.

10. Puff pastries with lemon cream and fruit

If you want an easy and successful recipe, all you have to do is buy a puff pastry, cut it into squares of about 12cm and fold the edges of each one, thus making mini-tartlets. Arrange them on a baking tray, put weights on top (dried chickpeas or baking balls) and bake until golden brown. Now all that's missing is the filling: in each one have a little lemon curd, and add pieces of cut fruit on top. You can make puff pastries with different fruits: strawberries, peach, red apple, tangerine, red berries...

You can also choose not to incorporate anything other than the lemon curd. In this case, I recommend you pour a little icing sugar on top of the lemon puff pastry to give it the final finish.

Puff pastries made with the Betty Bossi Wonderbox mold

I hope these ideas have inspired you. If you have others, we will be happy to hear them! Leave them in comments, we will appreciate the inspiration!