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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
lemon curd
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ My attempt to follow that with a lemon curd tart was a bit half-hearted.
▪ Set away. 7 Lightly whip the cream, divide in half and fold lemon curd on to one half.
▪ The cake is finished with piped cream, white chocolate flakes and a lacing of lemon curd.
▪ To the straight forward lemon curd, a couple of sponge fingers, broken up, are sometimes added.
▪ Worse than that, her fresh lemon curd had been reduced to leftovers.
▪ Writers of old recipes often claimed that lemon curd keeps for years.
Wiktionary
lemon curd

n. A thick preserve made from lemons (juice and zest), egg yolk, butter and sugar

WordNet
lemon curd

n. a conserve with a thick consistency; made with lemons and butter and eggs and sugar [syn: lemon cheese]

Usage examples of "lemon curd".

However, don't forget that Nora will be making our own line of jams, jellies, lemon curd, mincemeat, and chutneys.

What it came down to was tomato juice, boiled fish with a white sauce, a strip of frozen turkey with a dab of cranberry, and a wedge of lemon curd surmounted by a whorl of stiff cream substitute.

He bought bread, and cartons of milk, coffee and biscuits, some butter, and lemon curd.

When she was finished she grabbed a jar of lemon curd and ate most of that, until she felt as though she might be sick.

Etta serves us stuffing, glazed carrots, mashed potatoes, and lemon curd, and we pass our plates to Daddy, who heaps them with turkey.