Homemade Limoncello
Author: Ladles of Yum
Recipe type: Beverage
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- 10 Lemons
- 1 (750-ml) bottle of vodka
- 3½ cups water
- 2½ cups sugar
- Using a vegetable peeler, remove the peel from the lemons in long strips.
- Place the lemon peels in a 2-quart pitcher. Pour the vodka over the peels and cover.
- Steep the lemon peels in the vodka for 8 days.
- Add the water and sugar to a saucepan over medium heat and stir continually until the sugar dissolves, making a simple sugar.
- Cool the simple sugar completely and then pour the sugar syrup over the vodka mixture.
- Cover the mixture and let stand at room temperature overnight.
- Strain the limoncello through a mesh strainer, discarding the peels.
- Transfer the limoncello to bottles.
- Refrigerate until cold, at least least 4 hours and up to 1 month.
This recipe makes two bottles of limoncello.
Recipe by Ladles of Yum at http://www.ladlesofyum.com/2012/05/limoncello/
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