Limoncello is one of those wonderful things that is significantly better when it is home made than store bought. This traditional Italian liquor is delicious when poured over ice cubes and sipped at the end of a long hot day, or sipped straight in the dead of winter, savoring the warm sun flavor.
The trick to making good limoncello is patience. The longer you can stand to wait with the lemons infusing in the liquor, the better it will taste. Many Californians prefer to make their limoncello with Meyer lemons, because of their fragrance and sweet flavor, although traditionally it is made with Lisbon lemons in Europe.
Ingredients:
2 750 ml bottles vodka, or other inexpensive, clear liquor (grappa is traditional)
20-30 fresh picked lemons
2-3 cups water
2-3 cups sugar
The trick to making good limoncello is patience. The longer you can stand to wait with the lemons infusing in the liquor, the better it will taste. Many Californians prefer to make their limoncello with Meyer lemons, because of their fragrance and sweet flavor, although traditionally it is made with Lisbon lemons in Europe.
Ingredients:
2 750 ml bottles vodka, or other inexpensive, clear liquor (grappa is traditional)
20-30 fresh picked lemons
2-3 cups water
2-3 cups sugar
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The best lemons are ones that have unblemished skin. The fresher they are, the more volatile oils (meaning: flavor!) there will be in their skin, so if you can use a service like Neighborhood Fruit to locate a lemon tree nearby that you can go pick from. You need 20-30, depending on size and the quality of their skin.
In this instructable, we're showing the process with Meyer lemons, but you should try Eurekas, Lisbons and even other fragrant-skinned fruit and see how the flavor changes!
In this instructable, we're showing the process with Meyer lemons, but you should try Eurekas, Lisbons and even other fragrant-skinned fruit and see how the flavor changes!
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I've had it both ways, and I much prefer the diluted down 195 proof stuff.
I left the bottle with my brother (he had a bad cold, and this was ever so soothing to his throat) and need to make another batch.
I did my 9 lemon batch with a standard 4-sided grater, using the small grate. I then washed down the tool with the everclear to recover all remaining lemon oil
Filter out all the rinds with a coffee filter.
Next time I'm making up shot glasses made from ice.
In the old country they don't bother with preparing the skins. They squeeze the juice out and dump the rinds in alcohol for 15 days.