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Lemon Zest

This page first published: Sep 14, 2003 · Updated: Jun 16, 2018 · by CooksInfo. Copyright © 2021 · This web site may contain affiliate links · This web site generates income via ads · Information on this site is copyrighted. Taking whole pages for your website is theft and will be DCMA'd. See re-use information.
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  • 1 Substitutes
  • 2 Equivalents
  • 3 Storage Hints

The zest of a lemon is the very outer yellow portion of the peel. It is prized for its concentrated flavour. Just under the zest is the white part of the skin called the “pith.” Don’t include any of the pith in the zest you take off the lemon, because it is very bitter. There will always, however, be a bit of white pith attached to your zest, so don’t panic, just try to limit it.

As with getting zest from any other fruit, scrub well first to remove any germs, insecticide or wax.

A Lemon Zester can be seen as another kitchen tool to clutter up your drawer, but it really does do a good job. There’s nothing to replace it when you need strips of Lemon Zest. If those occasions, however, are few and far between, use either a box grate, a vegetable peeler, or a sharp paring knife.

Zest a lemon first before you juice it.

Use zest immediately, or freeze it. If left to sit in the fridge, even in a sealed container, it will dry out and lose its taste and scent.

Substitutes

1 tsp. finely shredded Lemon Zest = 1/2 tsp. lemon extract

Equivalents

A lemon will on average give you 2 – 3 teaspoons of zest.

Storage Hints

You can freeze Lemon Zest for future use. In fact, there’s nothing like having it on hand in the freezer, ready to toss into cooking or baked goods.

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