3,013 zest recipes

Fettuccine in lemon cream sauce with ham strips and asparagus. A bright, creamy pasta dish that comes together while the noodles cook.

Old-fashioned lemon-nut coffee cake with a buttery crumb topping, walnuts, and lemon zest in a buttermilk batter. A quick one-pan breakfast cake best served warm.

Lemon spritz cookies made with lemon juice, zest, and powdered sugar. Egg-free, dairy-free pressed cookies with a bright citrus flavor and tender crumb.

Greek almond pipes (Flogheres): crisp phyllo rolls stuffed with cinnamon-scented almonds and orange, soaked in hot honey syrup. A traditional Greek holiday pastry.

Pasta with asparagus gremolata tosses fresh asparagus and reduced chicken broth with an orange-zest, garlic, and parsley gremolata. A bright, low-calorie Italian spring pasta.

Orange-scented sweet crepes rolled around a cinnamon-sugared cottage cheese filling. A Central European-style blintz made in a cast iron skillet, served for breakfast or dessert.

Moist breakfast orange muffins use fresh orange juice, grated zest, and oil for a tender, citrusy crumb that stays soft for days. One bowl, ready in 25 minutes.

Soft, cake-like carrot cookies with pureed carrots, golden raisins, orange zest, and cinnamon. Tender drop cookies that taste like miniature carrot cake bites. Comes together in 30 minutes flat.

Crisp baked sue gow wonton wrapper sandwich cookies layered with toasted hazelnuts, chocolate, and a creamy white-chocolate ricotta filling brightened with orange zest. An elegant fusion dessert.

Orange cube muffins with a crackling sugar-cube top dipped in orange juice. A vintage quick-bread recipe that builds flavor into every last crunchy bite.

Austrian chocolate cup is a Viennese-style hot chocolate spiced with cinnamon and grated orange zest, melted into hot milk and crowned with whipped cream. Each mug gets a cinnamon-stick stirrer for fragrant Old World charm.

Orange liqueur cake with chopped dates, pecans, and buttermilk batter, soaked in a Grand Marnier orange syrup. The fruitcake alternative for people who claim to hate fruitcake.

Lemon oat lacies are crisp, lacy oatmeal cookies brightened with fresh lemon zest and dusted with powdered sugar. Buttery shortbread meets oatmeal in a delicate egg-free cookie.

Orange peanut butter bread is the unexpected quick bread combo that works. Citrus-bright orange juice and zest balance the rich peanut butter into a tender, slightly chewy loaf for breakfast or snacking.

Pumpkin bars built on a spice cake mix shortcut: a press-in crust topped with a pumpkin custard layer, finished with chopped pecans. Thirty-two festive holiday bars from one box of mix.

Pasta flora is a Greek lattice tart with cognac-spiked butter pastry filled with apricot marmalade and finished with a crisscross dough top. Sliced into bakery-style squares.