2007-03-31 00:19:17 · 22 answers · asked by tadge 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
The zest is the outer, yellow, rind of the lemon, or any citrus fruit. Usually grated using a grater, but I have a gadget called a zester. which takes off fine shreds, and is far easier to clean than a grater and less messy.
2007-03-31 01:17:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is in the outside of the lemon which we would usually call the peel - it does contain the essential oils and has a wonderful fragrance and flavour. Take the whole lemon and just scratch it with your fingernail - smell it? that is the 'zest.'
There are several ways to actually get it off the lemon - you can use a fine grater such as a cheese grater or even a nutmeg grater - or you can carefully pare off a very thin slice of the skin making sure that you do not get any of the white fibrous stuff on it - as that will taste bitter.
It depends on what you want to use it for that makes the difference in how you take it off!
2007-03-31 00:40:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Use a grater and grate the peel off the lemon.
Voila!! Zest of lemon!
2007-03-31 00:32:45 · answer #3 · answered by Marlene 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is just the lemon peel. Grate the skin of a lemon
2007-03-31 00:23:49 · answer #4 · answered by jayger04 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grated lemon peel
2007-04-02 02:27:41 · answer #5 · answered by crumblecustard 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The zest is the "zesty" outer skin of the lemon, or any citrus, but only the colored part.
2007-03-31 00:50:16 · answer #6 · answered by Tom ツ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
zest is the skin of the lemon. you remove it either by grating it finely or with a zester - do not use the white pith as this is bitter.
2007-03-31 00:36:02 · answer #7 · answered by shirley c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The outer skin of the fruit which contains the essential oils and thus, the highest concentration of lemon flavor. It is removed with a zester, a microplane grater, or the side of the cheese grater with the tiny holes.
2007-03-31 00:23:13 · answer #8 · answered by Chef Mark 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
its the outer layer of the lemon. U have to grate the lemon with a zester.
2007-03-31 01:21:57 · answer #9 · answered by lemon 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that the peel of the lemon just grate it.
2007-04-02 10:51:19 · answer #10 · answered by sweettinks 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋