Learn three simple techniques for how to zest a lemon.
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Total Time 5 minutesminutes
Servings 1tablespoon
Ingredients
1lemon
Instructions
Zest lemon with a peeler
Beginning at the top of the lemon, use the peeler to cut into the skin and carefully remove the peel in strips. Finely chop the strips to make lemon zest.
Zest Lemon with a microplane
Move the lemon back and forth over the grates of the microplane, rotating as you go. Continue until you have removed all the yellow from the fruit.
Zest with a lemon zester
Starting at the top of the lemon, press the sharp-edged holes into the skin and move them across the fruit. Repeat until the entire lemon is zested and only the pith remains.
Notes
One medium-sized lemon will yield about 1 tablespoon of zest.
Lemon zest will store for up to 6 months in the freezer.