Anything that has the word curd in its name is fighting an uphill battle.  Just the word curd evokes images of rotten milk and bad cheese.  Tell someone you made them a jar of curd and they will probably widen their eyes and politely refuse the gift.  This will be before they taste the delicacy know by the worst name ever … Lemon Curd.

This spread is rich and lovely when spread atop a fresh scone or muffin.  It is fragrant beyond belief and you’d think you were eating the pure, sweet insides of a lemon from Candyland.  Tangy, sweet, aromatic, and nothing resembling a curd in sight.  Therefore, given the difficulties presented with the name, I am giving you permission to call this heavenly concoction a lemon spread, a lemon glaze, a lemon anything-other-than-curd.

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