brown sauce vs zest

brown sauce

noun
  • A sauce made by the addition of stock to a heated and browned mixture of butter and flour. 

  • Gravy. 

  • Any of many brands of bottled sauce based on malt vinegar, fruit and spices. 

zest

noun
  • General vibrance of flavour. 

  • The outer skin of a citrus fruit, used as a flavouring or garnish. 

  • Enthusiasm; keen enjoyment; relish; gusto. 

  • The woody, thick skin enclosing the kernel of a walnut. 

verb
  • To scrape the zest from a fruit. 

  • To make more zesty. 

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