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Home ยป Free From Recipes ยป Gluten Free Recipes ยป Healthy Lemon Curd (Refined Sugar Free, Dairy Free)

28th May 2016 ·

Healthy Lemon Curd (Refined Sugar Free, Dairy Free)

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I love lemon curd but I don’t love the amount of sugar in it. I’ve therefore created this healthy lemon curd recipe. It’s sweetened with rice syrup for a lower fructose version. In addition I use coconut oil rather than butter or margarine to make it dairy free.

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Healthy lemon curd made without refined sugar or butter.

“Mummy’s a leader,” Pickle announced as he ate his breakfast.

“She’s a cooking leader. ย We had to fill out a form at school with examples of leaders and I put mummy on mine. ย God’s a Christian leader.” (wow, I got a mention alongside God!)

Don’t you just love kids? ย That little nugget brought tears to my eyes.

At the grand old age of 40 (yes, today is my ‘big’ birthday and I’ve scheduled this post because I’m off to Paris!), someone thinks of me as a leader. ย And yes, it is my son, but for my son to think that I am a leader is just about the most satisfying point to be at as I reach middle age.

Being a leader is something that I’ve only ever dreamt of.

But what if Pickle is right? ย What if I am a leader of cooking? ย What if I do inspire people to create simple, wholesome free from food? ย That’s what being a leader is isn’t it? ย Inspiring people?

I do hope that is the case because that really would be the best birthday present ever!

Healthy lemon curd

Making healthy lemon curd

A few weeks ago the kids asked me to make some lemon curd. ย I’ve made it before with this dairy free lemon curd recipe.ย  It’s really easy, but knowing how much sugar is in it, and making it dairy-free using margarine as the fat, made me feel uneasy about making it again.

The answer? ย To re-vamp the recipe and make it refined sugar-free and dairy-free, without using margarine.

Although I eat a dairy-free diet, I am not a big fan of margarine. ย You will find recipes on here that use it. ย I used to use it. Before I read about what it was…

It was kinda like the rice thing. ย We ate lots of rice and rice-flour based products. ย Until I read about the inorganic arsenic thing. ย So you’ll find rice recipes here too.

I’ll leave it up to you to decide what is best for you to eat…I’m not here to tell you that.

Anyway, back to the re-vamp. ย You can find my original dairy-free lemon curd recipe here. ย And if you can eat dairy then just replace the margarine with butter.

However, if like me, you like to avoid all those highly processed fats and also want to cut down on fructose (the addictive and troublesome part of sugar) then follow this new recipe.

It’s not really sweet. Some of you might want to add a bit more sweetener. I think it’s perfect occasionally spread on a pancake or homemade bagel.

Healthy lemon curd on a bagel

It uses the whole egg (I hate waste), so might not be such a bright yellow colour as you have come to expect. However, it tastes zingy and sets your taste buds dancing so what more can you ask?

Do let me know your thoughts…

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Healthy lemon curd is made with coconut oil and rice syrup (or other refined sugar free sweetener). #sugarfreelemoncurd #dairyfreelemoncurd #glutenfreelemoncurd #lemoncurdrecipe

Healthy Lemon Curd (Refined Sugar Free, Dairy Free)

This healthy lemon curd recipe is very simple to make. It's also Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Nut-free, Soya-free, Refined Sugar-free, SCD, GAPS, Paleo and low FODMAP
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Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time20 minutes mins
Total Time30 minutes mins
Servings 20
Author Vicki Montague, The Free From Fairy

Ingredients
 
 

  • 2 lemons - unwaxed, zest and juice
  • 80 g rice syrup - honey if following the SCD or GAPS or Paleo diet, maple syrup for those on low FODMAP - more if you'd like it sweeter
  • 40 g coconut oil - I use Coconut Merchant
  • 3 eggs - ideally organic

Instructions
 

  • Grate the zest of the lemons into a heatproof bowl that fits over a saucepan
  • Add the juice of the lemons, the rice syrup and eggs and whisk to combine
  • Place the bowl over a pan of simmering water making sure the bowl doesn't touch the water itself
  • Add the coconut oil and whisk continuously until the oil melts and the mixture thickens (this took around 10 minutes). It will be ready when it coats the back of a spoon without falling off
  • Pour the hot lemon curd into a sterilised jar allow to cool then keep in the fridge

Notes

Nutrition data for information only

Nutrition (Approx)

Calories: 40kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 25mg | Sodium: 12mg | Potassium: 24mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 35IU | Vitamin C: 5.7mg | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 0.2mg
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  1. Sylvie says

    4th July 2019 at 2:00 am

    5 stars
    I love the idea of a dairy free and refined sugar free lemon curd! So perfect to use in many recipes or to spread on some toast, cant wait to try it! #cookblogshare

    • Vicki Montague says

      4th July 2019 at 10:16 am

      I hope you enjoy it!

  2. Donna says

    3rd July 2019 at 11:51 am

    5 stars
    Oh I love Lemon curd! Especially on toast! I bet this is amazing.

  3. Louise Carruthers says

    2nd July 2019 at 8:38 pm

    I love lemon curd! I’m trying to cut down on the amount of sugar in my diet, so this sounds like something I’m going to have to try ๐Ÿ™‚

  4. jacqui Bellefontaine says

    2nd July 2019 at 6:05 pm

    I love making fruit curds especially adore lemon curd. I have never made a dairy free one before. Thank you for linking to #CookBlogShare

    • Vicki Montague says

      4th July 2019 at 10:17 am

      Thanks for having me ๐Ÿ™‚

  5. Michelle Dale says

    24th July 2017 at 1:55 pm

    I made a mad massive batch! I had to split it in half after adding the eggs and before cooking. My colour is as nice as yours. Nice n zingy.

    • Vicki Montague says

      24th July 2017 at 7:05 pm

      Awesome! I’m so glad you liked the recipe ๐Ÿ™‚

5 from 5 votes (3 ratings without comment)

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