Zest (ingredient)
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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 many different types of
Zesting an orange
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
Dried mandarin peel used whole as a seasoning (chenpi in Chinese)
Orange (fruit)
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The orange, also called sweet orange to distinguish it from the bitter orange, is the fruit of a tree in the family Rutaceae. Botanically, this is the hybrid Citrus × sinensis, between the pomelo and
Zest (ingredient)
…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 many different types of food. In terms of fruit anatomy, the zest is obtained from the flavedo (exocarp…
Orange—whole, halved, and peeled segment
Flowers
Fruit starting to develop
Flowers and fruit simultaneously