951 zest recipes

Cold trout in orange marinade is an Italian make-ahead classic: pan-fried trout steeped overnight in vermouth, orange, and lemon. Serve chilled the next day.

Three-layer pistachio cake with white chocolate buttercream, orange zest, and almond extract. A showstopper dessert with chopped pistachios pressed into the frosting.

This super carrot raisin salad is very good for dinner, very light and tasty, but you had better finish it at one meal, don't let it overnight, will be not fresh.

Melomakarona (fenekia) are traditional Greek honey cookies made with orange juice, cognac, farina, and walnuts. Baked, dipped in warm honey syrup, and dusted with cinnamon.

A nutty, chewy side dish of wheat berries, pearl barley, and wild rice simmered in chicken bouillon with lemon zest, garlic, and green onions. Wholesome comfort in one pot.

This moist apple cake is absolutely delicious. Raspberry jam, fresh apples and lemon juice make the cake taste refreshing and fruity, the almond-sour cream topping adds nuttiness and tanginess, and the lemon glaze gives the cake extra citrus and sweetness.

Low-cal cheesecake made with cottage cheese, skim milk, whipped egg whites, and gelatin instead of cream cheese and butter. A light, no-bake cheesecake with graham cracker crumb topping.

From-scratch blueberry pie with toasted walnuts in the filling, a buttery sweet pastry crust, and a cinnamon-walnut crumb topping. Lemon zest brightens every bite of this three-component pie that's worth the extra effort.

Flaky puff pastry shells filled with orange-scented cream cheese whipped cream and topped with cherry pie filling. A dinner party dessert that looks dressed up but takes 30 minutes.

Irish curd cake: a traditional sieved cottage cheese cheesecake in a shortbread crust with lemon zest and a sugar-butter glaze. Light alternative to heavy American cheesecake.

Flour-free Passover cake layered with cinnamon apples and dried apricots, topped with walnuts and cinnamon sugar. Light, fruity, and made with matzoh meal.

Yeasted apple crescents with a maple syrup whole wheat dough and a fresh apple and date filling. Make the dough overnight and bake golden, buttery rolls the next morning.

Polish nalesniki are delicate egg-white pancakes rolled around a lemon-vanilla sour cream pudding, baked until warm, then dusted with powdered sugar. An old-world dessert.

Creamy, refreshing, nutty and tangy! This is a absolutely beautiful and delicious dessert that will impress everyone.

Goat cheese and spinach phyllo turnovers with pine nuts, parmesan, rosemary, and lemon zest. Crispy Greek-style spanakopita triangles perfect for appetizers.

Pineapple cream cheese pizza on bread dough with a sweet cream cheese and crushed pineapple filling, strawberry jam, and toasted almonds. A dessert pizza kids and adults love.