You fine grate the peel of a lemon by rubbing the lemon on the grater. You only want the peel. Lemon zest is simply the yellow part of the peel on the outside of the lemon. It has an intensely lemon flavour and is used to add flavour to many culinary dishes. To make lemon zest simply remove the yellow outer skin of the lemon with a grater or zester. Try to avoid taking off to much as the pith (the white part under the yellow skin) has a very bitter taste and can leave a dish with a bitter understate.
Lemon zest actually freezes very well, some they it even makes it more potent. There's a couple different routes you can take. First you can freeze the entire lemon and take it ouyt when you need it. As well,you can use a microplane or a zester to grate the zest down finely or take off peices in large swaths (whichever you prefer)and save it in a Ziplock freezer bag. Just make the sure the freezer bags are the heavy-duty air tight kind, if air gets in the zest will be reuined.
Lemon zest can be preserved either by drying or freezing. Commercially dried lemon zest is readily available in the spice section of most grocery stores, or can be made at home with a dehydrator following the instructions specific to the machine used. To freeze lemon zest, briefly blanch in boiling water, drain, rinse in cool water, dry with paper towels and then freeze in airtight containers.
you put it in the freezer
No. Lemon zest is the outer skin (the yellow part) of a lemon. Lemon pepper is a mixture of dried granulated lemon zest and black pepper.
Lemon Zest is the outermost(yellowest) part of the lemon skin :)
No, most cleaners use lemon oil which is the substance in lemon zest.
no, it is the outer skin of the lemon when you scrape it off, it is called "zest"
I use lemon zest when I cook
Lemon zest is gotten from grating skin of a lemon, just the skin, not the pinth on a micro grater or with a lemon zester. You get the esential oil and VERY lemon flavor.
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Yes, the lemon zest (the yellow part of the peel, not the white pith that is bitter) is the most flavorful part of the lemon. The zest contains the essential oils of the lemon, which represents concentrated citrusy flavor. In fresh or even dried form, lemon zest can bring brightness to any dish. The same characteristics apply to the zests of orange, lime, and grapefruit, but lemon zest is the most widely used.
What's zest?
about 2 American teaspoons will equal the zest of an entire lemon (there are 3 teaspoons to a tablespoon)
well, the lemon is covered in the zest is the lemon's skin. so really it depends on how much you...iguess u can say... well it depends on how much u shave it
the grated skin off of one lemon