Key Lime Curd
 
Ingredients
  • 6 egg yolks
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ½ cup Key lime juice
  • Zest from the juiced limes
  • 1 stick unsalted butter, cut into pieces
Instructions
  1. Zest and juice the Key limes until you have a half-cup of juice.
  2. In a heavy-bottomed medium saucepan, whisk together the egg yolks and sugar until well-combined.
  3. Add lime juice to the pan and stir with a wooden spoon.
  4. Gently heat the mixture over medium to medium-low heat stirring constantly until it begins to thicken and coat the back of a spoon, about 10 to 15 minutes. Do not let curd boil!
  5. When curd has thickened, remove from heat and stir in the butter until melted.
  6. Strain the curd through a fine-mesh strainer into a bowl to remove any pieces of cooked egg.
  7. Mix the lime zest into the strained curd.
  8. Pour curd into glass jars or plastic storage containers and refrigerate.
Notes
Makes a scant pint of lime curd
Recipe by West of the Loop at https://www.westoftheloop.com/2014/01/18/key-lime-curd-teatime-dessert-beyond/