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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup = 120 ml freshly pressed lemon juice from organic lemons
- 7 tablespoons = 100 g organic unsalted butter
- 25.1 g
- 99.7 g
- 4.1 g
- 1014 kcal
- Per portion if 4 portions in a batch:
- 6.3 g
- 24.9 g
- 1.0 g
- 254 kcal
- Per portion if 6 portions in a batch:
- 4.2 g
- 16.6 g
- 0.7 g
- 169 kcal
- Per portion if 8 portions in a batch:
- 3.1 g
- 12.5 g
- 0.5 g
- 127 kcal
- Per portion if 10 portions in a batch:
- 2.5 g
- 10.0 g
- 0.4 g
- 101 kcal
- Per 100 g lemon curd:
- 5.7 g
- 22.7 g
- 0.9 g
- 230 kcal
- Per 1 tablespoon lemon curd:
- 0.86 g
- 3.41 g
- 0.14 g
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