Ever tasted a lemon dish and wished for just a little more lemon taste? Ever think that lemon taste is muted or drab?
It is my biggest annoyance when someone advertises a lemon dish and you can barley taste the lemon! How do you solve this?
There might be some scientific reason for this but the taste of a lemon exists in the skin of the lemon. This is where the oils, sour and tart tastes exists. Once I invested in a lemon zester my lemon flavors jumped off the plate. If ever a recipe calls for lemon I always add zest!
So the rule: When ever using lemon juice always use some amount lemon zest. If you think a recipe needs more of a lemon kick? Don't only increase the lemon juice in the recipe, increase the zest!
My Favorites Uses of Lemon Juice/Zest:
- Salad Dressings - (Use a ton its delicious)
- Drinks - Put some fine zest in a mixed drink, lemon with vodka is a magical combination. Also, ice tea with zest and lemon juice....delicious.
- With Potatoes - Lemon and potatoes are fantastic. It also gives the potato an incredible flavor and you can reduce the typical amounts of butter, cream, and salt used to flavor the potato.
- White Fish - Lemon in a fish dish is amazing. Just keep it coming on anything from the ocean.
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