Limoncello Recipe - It's an Italian Lemon Cordial!


	Limoncello Recipe "By the way, what is limoncello?" This limoncello recipe is basically a lemon cordial or a lemon liqueur. And we as Italians we call this limoncello. It's one of our popular Italian drinks. Ok, so now you're thinking which is it - a cordial or a liqueur or limoncello? Let's get a common ground here. It's all in the word. More than 30% of my readers are OUTSIDE of the US. So to clarify: In the United States we use the word cordial. In Eurpore the word used is liqueur. Italians call this limoncello. Make sense? So if you are looking for a lemon cordial or lemon liqueur recipe you have come to the right place! This limoncello recipe is easy to make. Only 3 ingredients - and all recipes are basically the same. I had my brother-in-law email me his copy of the recipe since he made these for us this past New Year's Eve. What Do I Need To Make Limoncello? lemons vodka a week of waiting That's IT! NOTHING ELSE - Super duper easy, right? Well kinda. The ingredients are the easy part. Waiting for it to be ready is the tougher part. Limoncello Recipe YIELD: Probably more than you can drink in a day! Ingredients * 6 lemons * 1 bottle(s) (750-ml) 100-proof vodka * 1 3/4 cup(s) sugar Procedure * Remove peel from lemons With vegetable peeler. * Refrigerate peeled lemons for juice. Or see my italian dessert recipes listed below that use fresh lemon juice! * Pour vodka into 8-cup measuring cup or large glass bowl and add lemon peels. * Cover with plastic wrap and let stand at room temperature for 1 week. * After 1 week, line sieve with paper towel and place over another large bowl. * Pour vodka mixture through sieve; throw away the lemon peels. Or do it like my brother-in-law - pick out the rinds with a fork. * Mix sugar with 3 1/4 cups water and put in a saucepan. * Boil 2 minutes stirring constantly. * Remove and cool completely. * Add cool syrup to vodka mixture. . How do I store limoncello? Pour into bottles with tight-fitting stoppers or lids. You don't NEED to refrigerate cordials. But they are best served very cold. My bro-in-law keeps his batch in the freezer where it can keep indefinitely. Or until I come over to visit again! Italian Dessert Recipes to use that extra lemon juice Ricotta Cheese Cookies - with Lemon Glaze Lemon Tart Recipe Lemon Cookie Recipe Amaretto Sour Drink Recipe Can I use Everclear? Well, some would argue that vodka is vodka. This recipe gets it's flavor from the lemon peel. Just make sure you get 100 proof. Is this limoncello recipe the same as a lemon cordial? Yup! Identical thing. It may be called a liqueur too. In Italy limoncello is made from the lemons off of the Aldafi coast - and it is commonly called "limoncello". Back to the top of the limoncello recipe. Italian Drinks Amaretto Coffee Amaretto Drink Recipes (A collection) Amaretto Sour Drink Recipe Amaretto Stone Sour Recipe Amaretto Vodka Peach Schnapps Amaretto Tea Arnold Palmer Recipe Basil Martini Bellini Recipe Berry Sangria Best Sangria Recipe Blue Lagoon Drink Blue Martini Recipe Cafe Amaretto Espresso Drink Recipe Espresso Martini Recipe Harvey Wallbanger Recipe How To Make Sangria Kahlua And Cream Recipe Kamikaze Drink Italian Margarita Recipe Limoncello Recipe Liqueur Names Manhattan Drink Recipe Old Fashioned Cocktail Peach Sangria Rob Roy Recipe Soco Amaretto Lime Sangria Recipes Sour Apple Martini Recipe Strawberry Lemonade Recipe Watermelon Lemonade Recipe Watermelon Margarita Recipe Wedding Cake Martini White Chocolate Martini Recipe White Sangria Recipe Check out my homepage - Italian Dessert Recipes Fathers Day - Cakes Cakes Cakes! With Fathers Day coming, I can already tell you what my most viewed pages will be the week before ~ chocolate ~ chocolate ~ chocolate! You do know women like chocolate too, right? For whatever reason, my chocolate recipes get a huge amount of views the beginning of June. Acouple of my favs are: Recipe For Chocolate Cheesecake Chocolate Buttermilk Cake And if you wanna do what the popular kids do, these are my top five most viewed cake recipes: #1 Best Tiramisu Recipe #2 Almond Cake Recipe #3 Yogurt Cake #4 Lemon Pound Cake #5 Italian Rum Cake Have a lovely Fathers Day! Lisa Would you like to share this page? You know how to do it! Thanks for sharing the sugar love! Contact Me Privacy Policy About
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