Luscious Raspberry Curd - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup unsalted butter
1 pint ripe raspberries (or 12 oz. pkg. frozen raspberries, thawed)
5 large egg yolks, lightly beaten
3/4 cup sugar
salt, a pinch
2 -3 teaspoons fresh lemon juice

Preparation

Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat; add in the raspberries, egg yolks, sugar, and salt.
Cook, mashing the berries and stirring frequently at first and then constantly at the end, until thickened-about 10 minutes.
Pour the mixture through a coarse strainer set over a bowl, pressing hard on the solids to extract as much liquid as possible.
Cool to room temperature; the curd will continue to thicken as it cools.
Stir in lemon juice, to taste.
Refrigerate, covered, until ready to serve, or up to 1 month.