Lemoncello
"This is an easy and delicious home recipe of the "store bought" Limoncello liqueuer."
- Ready In:
- 240hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Yields:
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6 cups
ingredients
- 6 lemons, zest of
- 750 ml vodka
- 3 cups water
- 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
directions
- Zest six lemons and put in bottle or jar sufficient to hold approximately 1 quart.
- Add vodka and shake well.
- Set aside for 10 days, shaking periodically.
- On the 10th day, make a simple syrup by bringing 3 cups of water and 1 1/2 cups sugar to a boil.
- Strain zest from vodka and pour syrup over zest.
- After a few minutes, strain the zest from the simple syrup; and then discard the zest.
- Mix the syrup with the vodka, and place in bottles.
- Keep in freezer.
- (Don't worry, it won't freeze.) Must be served ICY COLD!
- Serving in chilled glasses is an extra nice touch.
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Reviews
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Wonderful!....Just like I tasted on the Analfi Coast...Thanks! -
Very good.
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Delicious! The taste is crisp and light, especially if kept in freezer. Use 100 proof vodka because 80 proof does freeze! Very easy to make and well worth the effort.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Judikins
Tucson, Arizona
I'm a Midwesterner, turned Northwesterner for 30 years and finally a Southwesterner. I retired in 1995 and have had time to enjoy, even more, the things I love, like cooking and entertaining special people in our home--family and good friends. Fortunately, my husband enjoys cooking too (one pot meals), so he relieves me a few times a month.
