How To Make Lemon / Lime / Orange Zest

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lemon
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 1 lime
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar

Recipe

• 1 you will need a vegetable/potato peeler plus a mini food chopper or spice grinder for this. blenders also work.
• 2 wash your fruit, then make sure it is perfectly dry.
• 3 run the peeler down the lemon/lime and make about 8 strips.
• 4 cut the strips in half.
• 5 put the strips in the chopper/grinder with the sugar and then pulse in the chopper until very fine. if using a blender, use the liquefy setting for about 15-20 seconds.
• 6 it's ready to be used in your recipe now!
• 7 got dried zest such as dried orange peel, etc? if you're like me and prefer the convenience of dried, here's how to make it close to fresh-- hydrate it with 3 parts water to 1 part peel. and let it stand for 15 minutes prior to using. i think powdered lemon rind works like regular zest and doesn't require rehydration.
• 8 please note-- rehydration doubles the dry amount! for instance, if you hydrate 1 tbsp zest with 3 tbsp water, you will get 2 tbsp "freshened" zest.