By: Zola
Chief Dieter
Plan Z Diet
The Plan Z Diet by Zola
This is a Plan Z Diet ZReboot recipe. My husband’s favorite flavor is lemon. We have been together 33 years and every year I have made him a different lemon dessert for his birthday. I have had to get pretty creative after all these years!
Lemon curd is easy to make and so versatile. You can even put a dollop of this on pancakes! (Of course you’ll make your pancakes with almond flour…) One of my Plan Z Diet favorites is to make little lemon tarts with it. The one in the picture were made with crusts I made in cupcake tins so they are very small. I topped them with candied violets. You can order those online. Or just serve them plain, or with sweetened cream on top.
This is a take-off of a recipe I found online but of course I Zolafied for the Plan Z Diet it to take out the sugar. This lemon curd is tart but my guests all declared it was sweet enough for them!
Yield: Makes about 1 cup
Ingredients:
4 Tablespoons butter
½ cup FRESH lemon juice
1/3 cup of ZSweet or Swerve (these are sugar substitutes you can order online. They are great for baking. They don’t give off that tinny taste that Truvia sometimes does).
3 eggs
1 egg yolk
1 small pinch salt
Instructions:
Cut butter up into pieces (around 8 to 10 pieces is good). Put the butter into the freezer.
Blend the rest of the ingredients together in a blender. Pour into a sauce pan. Heat slowly on medium. Stir frequently. When curd begins to thicken to the point where it coats the spoon, or leaves a trail when the bottom of the pan is scraped with a spatula, or is 170 F, remove from heat (don’t let it boil). I use my insta-read meat thermometer to keep an eye on the temperature. This is the tricky part of this recipe. If you cook it too fast the eggs will scramble in the bottom of the pan. Take your time. This is worth being vigilant. I slowly stir this mixture with my wooden spoon; constantly. It takes 6 – 10 minutes or so on medium. It depends on how powerful your burner is.
When it’s ready, turn off the heat. Stir in the butter. Keep stirring until butter is melted and incorporated. If you think it’s too “sharp,” try adding another tablespoon or two of butter.
Enjoy!
Cheers,
To read more of Zola's blogs CLICK HERE or head over to https://www.planzdiet.com/blog/
The Plan Z Diet by Zola
This is a Plan Z Diet ZReboot recipe. My husband’s favorite flavor is lemon. We have been together 33 years and every year I have made him a different lemon dessert for his birthday. I have had to get pretty creative after all these years!
Lemon curd is easy to make and so versatile. You can even put a dollop of this on pancakes! (Of course you’ll make your pancakes with almond flour…) One of my Plan Z Diet favorites is to make little lemon tarts with it. The one in the picture were made with crusts I made in cupcake tins so they are very small. I topped them with candied violets. You can order those online. Or just serve them plain, or with sweetened cream on top.
This is a take-off of a recipe I found online but of course I Zolafied for the Plan Z Diet it to take out the sugar. This lemon curd is tart but my guests all declared it was sweet enough for them!
Yield: Makes about 1 cup
Ingredients:
4 Tablespoons butter
½ cup FRESH lemon juice
1/3 cup of ZSweet or Swerve (these are sugar substitutes you can order online. They are great for baking. They don’t give off that tinny taste that Truvia sometimes does).
3 eggs
1 egg yolk
1 small pinch salt
Instructions:
Cut butter up into pieces (around 8 to 10 pieces is good). Put the butter into the freezer.
Blend the rest of the ingredients together in a blender. Pour into a sauce pan. Heat slowly on medium. Stir frequently. When curd begins to thicken to the point where it coats the spoon, or leaves a trail when the bottom of the pan is scraped with a spatula, or is 170 F, remove from heat (don’t let it boil). I use my insta-read meat thermometer to keep an eye on the temperature. This is the tricky part of this recipe. If you cook it too fast the eggs will scramble in the bottom of the pan. Take your time. This is worth being vigilant. I slowly stir this mixture with my wooden spoon; constantly. It takes 6 – 10 minutes or so on medium. It depends on how powerful your burner is.
When it’s ready, turn off the heat. Stir in the butter. Keep stirring until butter is melted and incorporated. If you think it’s too “sharp,” try adding another tablespoon or two of butter.
Enjoy!
Cheers,
To read more of Zola's blogs CLICK HERE or head over to https://www.planzdiet.com/blog/
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