Lemon Peel Properties and Applications

Even in ancient times, people used lemon as a tool in the fight against colds, because it is a source of vitamin C and an indispensable helper of immunity.Not everyone knows that this product can also have a beneficial effect on the body, as proven by physicians and homeopaths.

Lemon peel is a surface layer of yellow peel that contains a lot of essential oils in ferrous containers. It has almost no taste, looks bright and shiny, has a wonderful fresh fruity smell. Lemon zest can be added to the dough for baking, traditionally with the help of it give a unique flavor to fish dishes, can be used as a natural flavoring for tea and mulled wine.

If the lemons were transported and stored in accordance with the special GOST 4429-82, the peel should be perfectly preserved, and throw it simply blasphemy.

Consider the ratio of BJU per 100 grams of product in raw form:

• proteins - 1.5 g;
• fats - 0.3 g;
• carbohydrates - 5.4 g

Caloric content of the product is only 47 kilocalories.

As can be seen from the previously submitted information, eating lemon peel will not be able to cause particular harm to the figure. And the taste and aroma of the dishes is amazing when you add a pinch of this product. It helps to lose weight, as dietary dishes often lack taste.

Vitamin C contained in the product is important for the body not only in terms of maintaining immunity. He is able to participate in the absorption of calcium. Thus, lemon peel with regular use helps strengthen the skeleton and teeth.

Fragrant peel disinfects the oral cavity, killing pathogenic bacteria, and helps eliminate bad breath.

The peel contains pectin. This is a useful polysaccharide. Once in the human body, it serves as an absorbent, absorbing all the harmful substances, heavy metals and slags, which are then removed naturally. Pectin increases the metabolic rate, breaks down fats, removes excess cholesterol, reducing the risk of cardiovascular diseases. But it also has a beneficial effect on the gastrointestinal microflora and has an anti-inflammatory effect on the digestive tract. The substance is also used to make natural marshmallow and jelly.

The nutritional value of lemon peel is complemented by the chemical composition: it contains selenium, phosphorus, magnesium, iron, copper, sodium and potassium.

Potassium strengthens the heart muscle. Vitamin P contained in the peel can help people suffering from overeating and alcoholism. It removes decomposition products from the body. If you have lemon zest after a heavy meal, you can get rid of hangover and stomach discomfort.

If you use regularly zest, you can improve the condition of the skin and hair. Lemon peel contains antioxidants that have a beneficial effect on the tone and elasticity of the face. For the preparation of vitamin tonic, you can brew zest and use it for wiping. This will relieve excessive oily skin. The crushed crust is often used for fragrant body scrub. To do this, crumb the peel should be mixed with a shower gel and massage applied to the whole body.

If you use a lemon crust many times as a face wipe, you can notice another useful feature of it: it whitens the face and is useful in the fight against unwanted freckles. And also lemon peel is used in dermatology. It is used as an antifungal homeopathic remedy.

To get rid of dryness of the elbows and heels, you need to crush the lemon rind in your hand and rub problem areas with this tool. If you do it regularly, you can forget about the problem in a month.

There are a lot of advantages for human health, but lemon zest is also used in the household.To get rid of the strong smell of cooking or just for flavoring in the house, pieces of lemon peel can be spread everywhere. If the refrigerator and the trash can smell unpleasant, you just need to put the pieces of lemon peel there. She absorbs a bad smell.

To get rid of limescale in the kettle you can rub it with a piece of lemon peel. In the same way it is easy to clean the microwave.

It is known that various insects are deterred by the scent of citruses. You can put pieces of peel on the window so that mosquitoes and flies fly past.

To maintain optimum humidity in the apartment, you can place bowls of water and zest throughout the house.

Now many girls are engaged in making soap at home. When adding flavored peel in the composition, you can count on an increase in demand for such handmade goods.

The disadvantages of lemon zest include the fact that citrus fruits are usually contraindicated for people who are prone to allergies. And also lemon peel can cause aggravation of ulcers and gastritis, as it increases the acidity of the stomach. People who are not prone to these diseases, when using peel, too, should be careful, a large number of it will cause heartburn.

Lemon peel can not be used in its pure form with sore throat and sore throat, you can burn the sensitive mucous. For these reasons, it cannot be used in the event of dental diseases.

Lemon rind should be thoroughly washed with hot water, preferably with a brush to wash vegetables. Now the whole lemon is necessary to blot with a paper towel and leave to dry a little.

Peel - capricious product to get it, there are several ways.

• With the help of a kitchen knife. To do this, remove thin stripes with a pointed object. After flavoring dishes these strips are removed.
• Peeler - this method is suitable only for lemons with a thick skin.
• Using the usual fine grater: use it to rub lemon and get crumbly crushed peel.
• Cocktail zester. It will remove small spirals from the surface of the peel, which can be used to decorate baking or drinks.

Tips for removing fresh peel:

• choose citrus with a thick crust;
• chill lemon before cooking zest;
• try to crush the peel pieces as much as possible to increase the evaporation surface of the essential oils;
• if you often need lemon zest, keep these fruits in the freezer, this will simplify the task of its extraction;
• Try to use the zest immediately after removal for best results in flavoring dishes.

About fresh zest information a lot. Often there are questions about how to properly prepare for the future lemon peel.

Algorithm actions for making dried lemon peel:

• thoroughly wash and dry the lemon;
• cut off the zest, trying not to touch the white layer, or grate it;
• Spread the zest on parchment paper in a clean cool room, it will dry after a couple of days with occasional stirring;
• if there is no time to wait, you can send the crushed lemon rind to the oven for 1-2 hours at 60 degrees.

Lemon peel can be useful everywhere. But its use in cooking is especially popular.

There are various recipes for cooking zest as a separate dish.

For cooking, you need to take 100 g of zest and 150-200 g of sugar. Lemons should be well washed with a brush and boil a minute in water. After that, remove the softened zest with a grater and grind it with sugar. After that, put in jars and cover with another layer of sugar. This mixture can be poured into dough, drinks, ice cream.

There is a popular combination of ginger, lemon and honey, which for many years has helped people deal with colds and increase vitality.

More popular are several recipes for the joint preparation of such products.

This excellent dessert is very easy to make. To do this, you need to make sugar syrup: boil a few tablespoons of water with sugar in a saucepan. By reducing the amount of water candied produce more crispy. After making the syrup, thinly chopped lemon zest must be dipped in it and cooked for about half an hour. After cooling, this jam pieces need to get and spread on a foil or a tray and sprinkle with powdered sugar. When the pieces are completely dry, they are best kept in a closed glass dish in the refrigerator.

For the preparation, you will need ready-made puff yeast dough 500 g, cottage cheese 200 g, sugar - 150 g, half a lemon zest. Cut the puff pastry squares into 4 parts: you get only eight servings. Cottage cheese mixed with sugar and lemon zest, you can add vanilla to taste. Put the curd mass in the middle of each dough square and pinch it along the edge. Put the puffs on a non-stick baking tray. Bake them in accordance with the recipe written on the packaging of the test. When serving, sprinkle the puffs with icing sugar for decoration.

To make pancakes with a unique lemon smell, add a bit of its skin to the dough according to your recipe. This will make their taste very piquant. You can also add zest to sauces to pancakes. For example, mix sour cream with sugar and zest to taste.

Beat 3 eggs with 300 g of sugar with a mixer at medium speed. Prepare 1 lemon zest. Add 100 g of butter, zest and sour cream 200 g. Sift 400 g of flour, put a teaspoon of baking powder and add to the mixture. Pour the finished dough into cupcake molds, smeared with butter, and bake for 20 minutes at a temperature of about 200 degrees.

If guests suddenly come, and they have nothing to serve, you can quickly make a sponge cake with a delicious lemon scent.

You will need: 4 eggs, 250 g of sugar and a glass of flour, butter, so that the cake does not stick to the form, baking powder and a pinch of lemon zest.

To make this quick baking, beat the eggs and sugar into a sumptuous foam, gently add the flour with a teaspoon of baking powder, then add the lemon zest and mix everything. Pour the mixture into the mold. Bake in the oven for thirty minutes at a temperature of 200 degrees.

If desired, pineapples and apples can also be added to such a cake, and vanilla will help to enhance the flavor of the zest.

For the cake, you will need 6 eggs, 1.5-2 cups of sugar, 2 cups of flour. Beat the sugar with the eggs until thick, add the flour and mix. Add baking powder for the baking splendor. This amount of the finished mass is designed for 4 cakes. Bake them on a pre-oiled baking tray for 15-20 minutes. After baking is ready, let it cool down.

The cream consists of two glasses of sour cream, one glass of sugar and zest of one lemon. Beat the chilled ingredients until fluffy and spread the cream on the cakes. Leave the cake in the fridge for a day. Then it will be as tasty as possible.

For the manufacture of fragrant marinade, you need to mix a quarter cup of vegetable oil, salt and pepper to taste, a few chopped cloves of garlic, Italian herbs, lemon peel. This composition of meat should be soaked for about a day at a temperature of about 4 degrees. As a result of this method of marinating meat turns out just amazing.

For its preparation it is necessary to prepare: half a glass of lemon juice, one tablespoon of zest, chopped clove of garlic, a pinch of ground black pepper, half a glass of wine.In such a marinade fish should be at least three hours. After infusion, the fish is baked in the oven or grilled. This marinade can also be useful for shrimp and other seafood.

Olive oil in the amount of half a glass is mixed with a glass of crushed sweet dates. Add a bunch of green onions and a bunch of parsley in a blender. For softness of taste, it is advisable to add crushed pine nuts, literally a handful. Lemon zest will add some 4-5 tablespoons of piquancy. Put crushed hot pepper and favorite seasonings into total mass. There also put salt to taste.

To prepare this exquisite dish, take a kilogram of beef tenderloin, a couple of Bulgarian pepper seeds, two onions, carrots, potatoes - 1.5 kg, garlic - 1 head, lemon zest - 1 tablespoon, vegetable oil - two tablespoons, spices and salt to your discretion, dill and parsley.

Wash the beef and potatoes and cut them into convenient cubes. Chop onion, carrot and paprika and fry until half cooked. Prepare ceramic pots, put a mixture of ingredients and spices with lemon zest in them. Cook in the oven for about two hours, from time to time make a readiness check. After cooking, divide the dish into portions and sprinkle with fresh herbs.

Put in your favorite tea 3 tablespoons of grated ginger and 2 tablespoons of chopped lemon zest, in addition, throw a sprig of mint, cinnamon and a few peas of allspice. Pour it all with two liters of boiling water. When tea is infused, add sugar or honey to taste.

Ingredients: ginger root - 20 g, lemon peel - 20 g, honey - 30 g.

Cooking:

• peel the ginger and cut it into thin slices;
• grate lemon zest;
• you need to brew your favorite tea (black or green) along with ginger and zest, then let it brew for a few minutes;
• add honey to a warm drink (remember that the beneficial properties of honey are reduced to zero when it is added to boiling water).

Drink a drink three times a day and at night.

The zest of three lemons is mixed with a crushed bunch of peppermint. This vegetable mixture is added to a half-liter bottle of vodka and securely sealed. This mixture is infused for about a week, shaking 4 times a day. After the tincture has been prepared, it is necessary to strain it through a layer of gauze and sterile cotton. Store tincture in a cool dry place.

Peel can be stored in three ways, which depend on the type of workpiece.

• Store dried peel in an airtight dry jar. After preparing the dried lemon ground crust, it must be put in a container specially prepared for this. So lemon rind will retain its unique flavor for a long time.
• Storing peel in sugar is also produced in a glass sealed container, but this mixture is best stored in the refrigerator.
• Storing peel in lemon juice at minus temperatures. This method will help at any suitable time to prepare an exquisite sauce for meat or fish. You can rub the zest and spread it in small molds and pour lemon juice on top - this is very convenient for future use.

How to remove and store lemon zest, watch in the video below.