Zest (ingredient)

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Zesting an orange

Zest is a food ingredient that is prepared by scraping or cutting from the rind of unwaxed citrus fruits such as lemon, orange, citron, and lime. Zest is used to add flavor to foods.

In terms of

albedo) of a citrus fruit together makes up its peel.[2]
The amounts of both flavedo and pith are variable among citrus fruits, and may be adjusted by the manner in which they are prepared. Citrus peel may be used fresh, dried, candied, or pickled in salt.

albedo
or pith is generally not used.

Preparation

Orange having more colored flavedo than white albedo
Zesting a lime; the white mesocarp is visible under the green flavedo
Slicing mesocarp from flavedo to make marmalade, using a flexible filet-style knife.

For culinary use, a zester, grater, vegetable peeler, paring knife, or even a surform tool is used to scrape or cut zest from the fruit. Alternatively, the peel is sliced, then excess pith (if any) cut away.

The white portion of the peel under the zest (

mesocarp) may be unpleasantly bitter and is generally avoided by limiting the peeling depth. Some citrus fruits have so little white mesocarp that their peel can be used whole.[3]

Dried mandarin peel used whole as a seasoning (chenpi in Chinese).

Variation between fruit

The zest and mesocarp vary with the

alemows etc.) is milder.[4] The lemon is a hybrid of pomelo, citron, and mandarin. The mesocarp is also edible, and is used to make succade
.

Uses

Zest is often used to add flavor to different pastries and sweets, such as

cakes, cookies, biscuits, puddings, confectionery, candy and chocolate. Zest also is added to certain dishes (including ossobuco alla milanese), marmalades, sauces, sorbets and salads
.

Zest is a key ingredient in a variety of sweet and sour condiments, including

lemon pickle, lime chutney, and marmalade. Lemon liqueurs and liquors such as Licor de oro
require zest.

Zest is used in some

Horse's Neck. For maximum flavor and aroma, as in mulled wine
, zest is simply cut from the fruit with a knife.

See also

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-19-923487-5
    .
  2. ^ "Orange & Orange Juice". CitrusBR. Brazilian Association of Citrus Exporters. Archived from the original on 2020-01-21. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
  3. ^ Karp, David (March 13, 2014). "The wild and elusive Dancy". Market Watch. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
  4. ISBN 978-3540222798
    .
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