Limoncello at home - 4 recipes how to cook

The original Limoncello liquor at home is no worse than the most expensive store. As a basis for it, not only vodka is taken, but even medical alcohol or moonshine. Various spices can also be added to the drink to your taste.

What is Limoncello?

The drink in question is a traditional Italian liquor made from fresh lemons. In Italy, he is served at the table for almost all holidays. “Limoncello” is drunk both as an independent drink and as a part of cocktails.

Lemon liqueur appeared very interesting - an ordinary Italian housewife did not know where to put a large crop of lemons and simply poured parts of the fruit with alcohol. All her guests liked the new drink so much that the resourceful woman decided to start manufacturing Limoncello on an industrial scale.

How to cook "Limoncello" at home?

Delicious lemon liquor can easily be prepared independently at home. If everything is done correctly, the result will be no worse than in the famous Italian restaurants.

Vodka liquor

Ingredients: half a liter of vodka (40%), a pound of large lemons, 420 g of granulated sugar, 160 ml of distilled water.

1. Citrus fruits are washed thoroughly. It is advisable to treat them with a stiff brush to remove all possible contaminants.
2. Next, the lemons are placed in boiling water and boiled for 3-4 minutes. During this time, bitterness will leave the fruit.
3. Each lemon is cut in half. The maximum amount of juice is squeezed from the parts.
4. The remaining cake is crushed with a blender. Previously, all bones must be removed from it.
5. The crushed lemon mass is poured with vodka.You need to take a very high-quality alcoholic drink.
6. Citrus juice mixed with granulated sugar and water. The mixture is heated until all sugar grains have dissolved. In the process, you need to remove the emerging foam. The hot mixture tastes - if it turns out to be excessively sour, you can increase the amount of granulated sugar.
7. When the syrup has cooled, it is cleaned in the refrigerator. Vodka with cake is also sent there.
8. After a week, the liquids are mixed and the liquor goes cool for another 7-8 days.

It remains to strain "Limoncello" on vodka through several layers of gauze and you can take a sample. Cinnamon stick will help to improve the taste of the drink.

"Limoncello" on alcohol

Ingredients: a pound of large lemons, 260 g of granulated sugar, 360 ml of filtered water, 260 ml of undiluted pharmacy alcohol.

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1. Only citrus zest will be used in this recipe. Need her very carefully cut from lemons without affecting the soft white layer - the pulp gives the drink bitterness. It is very convenient to remove the zest with a manual peeler.
2. The bright yellow part of the fruit is cut into small pieces and filled with alcohol. The drink should be infused for 7-8 days in a glass container and, preferably, at a low temperature. Shake a jar or bottle several times during infusion.
3. Alcohol is filtered through gauze, the zest is wrung out.
4. Sugar dissolves in water. The syrup is heated, but it should not boil. When the liquid cools, it mixes with infused alcohol.

The Limoncello liquor remains cool for another 7-8 days - let it brew.

Moonshine drink

Ingredients: a kilo of medium lemons, half a liter of moonshine, 630 ml of filtered water, a pound of granulated sugar.

1. Fruits are washed thoroughly, poured with boiling water, dried and get rid of the zest. You need to remove it with a knife, the grater is not used in this recipe.
2. The zest is laid out in a dry clean jar and filled with moonshine. Under a tightly closed lid, the basis for the future drink will be infused for 5-6 days in a dark place. 2-3 times a day, the capacity is shaken.
3. Syrup is made from water and sugar. Sweet grains should completely dissolve in it.
4. The liquid cools, infused alcohol flows into it.

“Limoncello” on the moonshine is infused for another 5-6 days, after which it is filtered from the zest.

Cream Recipe

Ingredients: 260 ml of alcohol (96%), 420 g of granulated sugar, 260 ml of fresh fat milk and cream of medium fat content, 5-6 large lemons, a pinch of vanillin.

How to make "Limoncello" at home with a creamy taste, we will analyze in more detail.

1. Fruits are washed and scalded with boiling water. With a vegetable cutter, the zest is very carefully removed from them - you must not touch the bitter white flesh.
2. The zest is laid out in a jar and filled with alcohol. The basis for the drink in question will be infused in the dark and warm for 15-16 days. The jar needs to be shaken periodically.
3. Cream is combined with milk, sugar and vanilla. The mixture is brought to a boil.
4. The cooled liquid is mixed with filtered lemon alcohol.

Until full readiness, the drink will be infused for another 10-12 days. But be sure, almost a month of waiting will be justified by the truly magnificent, delicate taste of the drink.

Recipes for cocktails with Limoncello liqueur

A variety of delicious cocktails can be prepared with homemade lemon liquor.

With champagne

Ingredients: ¼ Art. “Limoncello” and as much fresh mint, 2.5 tbsp. granulated sugar, 1 tbsp. cold champagne.

1. Peppermint, lemon liquor, sugar and zest cut from a lemon are sent to a blender. The components must be mixed until smooth.
2. The resulting mass is divided into two glasses.
3. Cold champagne spills from above.

The cocktail is immediately served to guests.

Skills

Ingredients: 2 pcs. strawberries, 1 tbsp. "Limoncello", 1 tbsp. l honey syrup, juice of half a lemon, ice.

1. Liquor, syrup, berries and citrus juice are sent to a blender. The components are beaten for 10 seconds.
2. The resulting mixture is poured into the glasses through a strainer.

A cocktail with crushed ice is served.

Lemon Mulled Wine

Ingredients: 30 g of lemon peel, 30 ml of Limoncello, 20 g of orange peel, 3 g of lemon grass, a pinch of cardamom, 160 ml of dry white wine, 10 g of liquid honey.

1. Lemon liquor and wine are poured into a suitable heat-resistant container. Honey and cardamom are added there.
2. Next, the zest of citrus fruits is laid.
3. The drink is heated with constant stirring, but you can not bring it to a boil.
4. Ready mulled wine is poured into glasses through a strainer.

The drink is decorated with lemon grass.