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Homemade Limoncello Submitted by pacnw1 | March 31, 2007 Keep your bottles of limoncello in the freezer until ready to serve. The ingredients are simple and few, and making a batch doesn’t require much work, but you’ll need some time. Limoncello must steep for (80) eighty days. Servings: 2 bottles ingredients 15 lemons* 2 bottles (750 ml) 100-proof vodka** 4 cups sugar 5 cups water * Choose thick-skinned lemons because they are easier to zest. ** Use 100-proof vodka, which has less flavor than a lower proof one. Also the high alcohol level will ensure that the limoncello will not turn to ice in the freezer. preparation Wash the lemons with a vegetable brush and hot water to remove any reside of pesticides or wax; pat the lemons dry. Carefully zest the lemons with a zester or vegetable peeler so there is no white pith on the peel. NOTE: Use only the outer part of the rind. The pith, the white part underneath the rind, is too bitter and would spoil your limoncello. Check out my web page
Limoncello * 15-20 lemons – clean, unwaxed with nice plump skins. The skins should give off a lemon sent, don’t get ones that don’t smell heavenly. And try to get organic fresh lemons when you can. * 2 (750-ml) bottles 80-proof vodka. The cheaper the better. Or for best results, I try to find Everclear and use one or two bottles of that because it’s pure and doesn’t have any sugar in it. * 2 to 3 cups of water * 2 to 4 cups sugar (a 1:1 ratio of sugar to water makes a classic simple syrup, but use more sugar if you want yours a little thicker or sweeter) For this recipe you also need a large (2-3 litre) glass jar with a sealed lid. The jar should be washed and rinsed very well or sterilized. You don’t want anything in your limoncello but what you put there. I use some old-fashioned sun tea jars I bought at an estate sale just for this purpose. You will also need the bottles you want to put the final brew in. I get mine at Cost Plus and I save nice glass bottles from other beverages I’v
