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A half-peeled lemon with long curls of zest and a channel knife

Lemon zest

Lemon zest seasons Romagna’s passatelli and also enters a Carnian family recipe for cjarsons.

Italian name
Scorza di limone
In Romagna
With nutmeg in passatelli

At the table

Lemon zest joins nutmeg, grated bread, Parmigiano and eggs in passatelli from Emilia-Romagna. Chiara Selenati’s cjarsons version uses it in a filling with fruit and herbs.

Measure the zest for the version you follow, balancing it with the other ingredients in each dish.

The right tools for it

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  • Microplane Premium Zester

    For finely grating the coloured zest while leaving the white pith behind.

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  • Cuisipro Surface Glide Fine Rasp

    A fine rasp for citrus zest and hard cheese.

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