How to Grate Lemon Peel
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Lay paper towel on your work surface.toilettenpapier image by victoria p. from Fotolia.com
Place a paper towel on a clean work surface to catch any lemon peel that falls off the grater. Put a bowl on top of the paper towel. Once you're finished grating, you can pick up the paper towel and pour any dropped peel into the bowl with the rest of the grated lemon peel. - 2
Cover the grater with plastic wrap.grater texture image by Andrejs Pidjass from Fotolia.com
Cover the side of a cheese grater that will be rubbing against the lemon (the zest side) with plastic wrap. If your grater has large and small holes, use the small ones and cover those. The plastic wrap will keep the lemon peel from sticking in the grating holes, which causes you to lose a portion of the peel you've grated. - 3
Rub the lemon against the grater.nipple of lemon image by jimcox40 from Fotolia.com
Hold or lay the grater over the bowl to catch the grated peel as it falls from the grater. Grate the lemon peel by rubbing the lemon against the zest side, in the direction opposite of the holes.
