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zester

/ ˈzɛstə /

noun

  1. a kitchen utensil used to scrape fine shreds of peel from citrus fruits

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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"I'll carefully wrap up my chef's knife and nestle it into my favorite dutch oven along with my three other essential kitchen tools: a zester, a stick blender and a pepper grinder," she writes.

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Dragging out a frying pan and zester may feel like an extra step too many, but that little extra effort is worth it in this case.

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Cooks can use the conveniently narrow measuring spoons, a snazzy garlic rocker, and a premium zester grater.

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Using a microplane zester, remove the zest from one lime and reserve.

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To serve family-style, spoon the finished fool into a pretty glass bowl, and use a rasp-style zester to grate the chocolate over the top.

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