It's not a unit of measure. It's a kind of thing. In a recipe, lemon zest or orange zest is the thin outermost part of the rind. When grated into fine bits, it is used as flavoring.
In cooking, the zest is the thin outer peel of a citrus fruit, obtained by grating the peel of the fruit until one sees the white of the fruit. In a lemon, it's about a tablespoon. In an orange, it's about 3 tablespoon.
Take a fresh lemon, grate the yellow part of the skin off it. This is the zest. Save the rest of the lemon in case you need to squeeze the juice out of it. The zest (skin) of a lemon should be washed in warm water before obtaining the zest. As some lemons have a very fine coating of wax on them.
zest is the skin of a citrus fruit grinded up and used as flavering such as lemon zest, orange zest, ect.
the most extreme layer of the..when graded by cheese grader.. then what you get is lemon zest.
Zest is the outer skin of a citrus fruit, or enthusiasm, keen enjoyment.
It is the finely grated peel of a citrus fruit--Oranges, lemons, limes, etc: If it is ground it becomes a messy paste instead of the fine pieces that are usually required in most recipes that require 'zest'.
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The chef added some zest to the food with the spices.
The word is gusto!
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Zest could be used to describe a quality person who is filled with enthusiasm and energy.
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Zest has two definitions. Zest can be the intense enthusiasm , excitement, glee, energy. Her zest for protecting feral cats earned her several awards. Zest is also the outer layer of an orange, lemon or lime peel . To collect it, scrape the fruit with a grater, but not too deeply. The recipe called for the zest of an orange to be sprinkled on.
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