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sinkingfeeling

(58,042 posts) Wed Mar 20, 2019, 07:38 PM Mar 2019

Quick question. Can you freeze orange or lemon zest?

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Quick question. Can you freeze orange or lemon zest? (Original Post) sinkingfeeling Mar 2019 OP

You certainly can lemon zest (and I see no reason why you could not similarly do so with orange) hlthe2b Mar 2019 #1

I did lime zest once irisblue Mar 2019 #2

I do handmade34 Mar 2019 #3

Thanks everybody. I don't do a lot of citrus, so rarely have something sinkingfeeling Mar 2019 #4

Yes, It Will Keep for Up to Six Months in the Freezer, If Tightly Sealed dlk Mar 2019 #5

hlthe2b

(114,691 posts)

1. You certainly can lemon zest (and I see no reason why you could not similarly do so with orange)

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Wed Mar 20, 2019, 07:40 PM

Mar 2019

irisblue

(37,926 posts)

2. I did lime zest once

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Original post)

Wed Mar 20, 2019, 07:40 PM

Mar 2019

Microplaned it onto a piece of wax paper, folded that into a square then into a ziplock for keeping.
Hope this helps

handmade34

(24,056 posts)

3. I do

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Original post)

Wed Mar 20, 2019, 07:43 PM

Mar 2019

so I can and it is ok for me but don't know if the professionals recommend it

I have started to thinly peel my oranges before I eat them and then when I have enough I put the peel in my blender to a fine zest... then I store them in a jar in the fridge/freezer... I always have lots of zest on hand... discovered molasses ginger cookies are really good with some of the orange zest in them

sinkingfeeling

(58,042 posts)

4. Thanks everybody. I don't do a lot of citrus, so rarely have something

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Original post)

Wed Mar 20, 2019, 08:08 PM

Mar 2019

on hand when a recipe calls for zest.

dlk

(13,342 posts)

5. Yes, It Will Keep for Up to Six Months in the Freezer, If Tightly Sealed

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Wed Mar 20, 2019, 08:26 PM

Mar 2019

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