Home Made Limoncello

Photo: Sophie32

Ingredients

5 larges organic lemons, skin not treated with chemicals. I buy mine my Bio food health shop.

400 grs of fine white caster sugar

500 mls of water

500 mls of unflavoured alcohol. I chose Vodka von Smirnoff.

Preparation

Peel the lemons with a vegetable peeler. You only want the yellow skin, no pits & no white bits. Cut them into little bits & place them into a large & wide cleaned pot.

After all this is done, add the 500 ml of vodka to the pot. Seal the pot well with a fitting lid. Shake the pot up & down for a while so that everything is well combined.

Place the filled pot in a dark & cool place, not the fridge for about 1 week. Occasionally, shake the pot up & down so that everything will soak well.

After a week, you will see that the vodka will be flavoured with the lemon peels & will be yellow in colour.

Now, you take a large strainer & put a fitting bowl under it. You pour the liquid carefully trough the strainer & push the liquid out of the lemon peels, that stay behind. With the help of a spoon you push as many liquid out of the lemon peels as you can.

Now, you can make your syrop. Place the 400 gr of sugar in a cooking pot & add the 500 ml of water. Stir frequently. Bring to the boil. Let it boil for about 5 minutes until you ca n see trough your syrop. Take it off the stove & let it cool.

Now, add the cooled syrup to the vodka infused lemon peels & pour the limoncello in cleaned bottles or into clean pots. Place them into a dark place, hidden from direct sunlight for another 2 to 3 weeks. Shake the bottles from time to time up & down.

After 3 weeks, your limoncello will be ready!

Store : in the freezer or in the fridge. You have to drink it cold & then it is nice & lovely!

How to use?

It is lovely to drink after dinner,

To put into desserts & cakes

It is lovely in fruit salads, in cocktails, in ice creams, etc.

I also use it in my savoury dishes