Julee Rosso, Sheila Lukins

Crystallized Lemon Zest

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
top 1000The New Basics Cookbook
The New Basics Cookbook

By Sheila Lukins and Julee Rosso

Published 1989

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Ingredients

  • Peel of 4 lemons
  • 1½ cups cold water
  • 1½ cups

Method

  1. Combine the lemon peel and 1 cup of the cold water in a saucepan, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer until the peel is soft, 15 minutes. Drain the peel, and carefully scrape off any white pith with a spoon. Only the zest should remain. Cut the zest into very thin st