What does "zest" mean as pertains to a recipe ?

Answer 1

It's the peel of a citrus fruit. You gently and carefully scrape off the peel, taking caring not to get the bitter white part underneath it. So, you will have very thin layers of peel, this is zest. It's very flavorful.

Answer 2

There are tools are the market that will grate the zest of a piece of citrus fruit, ie: lemon , orange , lime. You can use a fine cheese grater. The zest is the color part of the fruit. Beyond the zest you have the pith, which is very bitter. The zest adds a nice fruity flavor to cakes, frostings and fruit sauces for meats.

Answer 3

Zest is the colored part of a citrus fruit's rind. The essential oils of the fruit are in the zest, so it's a great way to add flavor! You can use the fine grate on a box cheese grater, or even a microplane. Just be sure to only scrape of the colored part. The white part, the pith, is bitter and nasty tasting.

Answer 4

Zest refers to the rind (or peel or skin) of a fruit, usually lemon or orange. Recipes sometimes call for you to grate this skin and add it to your ingredients. It will add flavor to the dish as well as provide health benefits.

Answer 5

Grapefruits too. Use a microplane or a very fine grater and be sure to not get much of the white pith underneath the oily zest layer.

Answer 6

Zest is the grated rind of a citrus fruit, like lemon rind or orange or lime.

Answer 7

Grated rind....as in orange zest. Just run an orange across a cheese grater.

Answer 8

the zest is basicaly the orange or lemon peel scraped lightly and put in the recipe

Answer 9

The zest is like the peal of a lemmon, you grate the yellow peal and that is the Zest..

Answer 10

Parts of the skin of an orange of lemon