Craft your own exquisite Limoncello at home with just three ingredients. Dive into the essence of Sicilian lemons and savor the taste of summer. Try it now!
Wash the lemons and dry well. Cut out the zest using a peeler. This is an important step, make attention to take just the yellow part, the white is bitter.
Put the zest in a jar and add the alcohol.
Close the lid and place the jar in a dark place for minimum 15 days. If you remember, shake the jar every day.
The day you prepare the limoncello, place the water and sugar in a heavy pan, on low flame.
Bring to the boil and cook until the sugar is melted.
Put out of the flame and let it cool.
Add the alcohol to the syrup passing it through a strainer to take out the lemon zest.
Fill the clean bottles and your limoncello is ready.
- get the best lemons you can find, with a good thick zest;
- use organic lemons;pesticides remain on the fruit skin and the alcohol will absorbe them during the infusion time;
- Don't waste your peeled lemons, you can store some in the fridge for few days and you can squeeze the rest and store the juice in ice cube tray... you will have ready to use lemon juice when you'll need it;
- you can you the same amount of water and alcohol for a stronger taste;
- use cleaned and sterilized bottles;
- with this recipe you will have about 3 liters of limoncello;
- we use to drink the limoncello well cold. Store one bottle in the fridge and the rest in a dry and fresh place
- we also love to put the empty limoncello glass in the freezer for half an hour before serving.