lemon curd

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Noun

lemon curd (countable and uncountable, plural lemon curds)

1. A thick preserve made from lemons (juice and zest), egg yolk, butter and sugar.
   • 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, →OCLC, section I, page 18:

     ‘Hi. I brought some lemon curd.’
     ‘Lemon curd!’ said Adrian. ‘And what was I saying only this minute, Tom?’ “If only we had some lemon curd for our guests.” You’re a mind-reader, Bollocks.’

Translations

preserve made from lemons

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 檸檬醬 / 柠檬酱 (níngméngjiàng)

• Cornish: kowles lymmaval
• Finnish: lemon curd, sitruunatahna
• French: crème de citron f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: crema de limón f
• Welsh: ceuled lemon m