Description
Limoncello from Southern Italy delights with zesty lemon essence and smooth sweetness. Homemade spirits offer pure pleasure when crafted with fresh lemons, vodka, and sugar, inviting you to savor a classic Mediterranean treat.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 10 lemons
- 1 liter everclear (or high-proof alcohol)
Sweeteners:
- 1 1/2 cups organic honey (or 2 cups sugar)
Instructions
- Thoroughly cleanse lemons under hot water, using mild abrasive and soap to remove any waxy residue, ensuring pure citrus essence.
- Delicately strip lemon peels, meticulously avoiding bitter white pith, focusing on extracting vibrant yellow skin for optimal flavor profile.
- Transfer zesty peels into a spacious glass container, then halve and extract lemon juice, carefully preventing seed contamination.
- Cascade high-proof Everclear over lemon peels and extracted juice, securing jar tightly and vigorously agitating to integrate ingredients.
- Allow liquid mixture to macerate for precisely 28 days, gently rotating jar daily to promote uniform flavor infusion.
- Position fine cheesecloth across a pristine jar, methodically filtering limoncello liquid to eliminate citrus remnants and achieve crystal-clear consistency.
- Incorporate natural sweetener like honey, sealing container and thoroughly blending until harmoniously integrated, then rest for additional seven days.
- Decant limoncello into elegant smaller vessels, plunge into freezer for minimum 48 hours, ensuring bone-chilling temperature before serving as a refreshing digestif.
Notes
- Always select organic, unwaxed lemons for the most authentic and pure limoncello flavor, ensuring no chemical residues interfere with the taste.
- Use high-proof neutral spirits like Everclear to extract maximum lemon essence and create a smooth, intense liqueur without harsh alcohol burn.
- Maintain consistent daily shaking during infusion to help distribute lemon oils evenly and develop a more balanced, robust flavor profile.
- Experiment with alternative sweeteners like agave or maple syrup for unique variations that cater to different dietary preferences while preserving the traditional limoncello spirit.
- Prep Time: 37 days
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Cocktails
- Method: Infusing
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 10
- Calories: 69
- Sugar: 6.5 g
- Sodium: 0 mg
- Fat: 0 g
- Saturated Fat: 0 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 17.5 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 0.1 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg