TRADITIONAL ITALIAN LIMONCELLO
Traditional Italian limoncello is typical of the Amalfi coast, a beautiful area around Naples. It's traditionally made with Sorrento lemons, which are large and flavorful and a really unique Italian product.
Provided by Maria
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European Italian
Time P21DT30m
Yield 32
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Zest lemons, making sure to get the outermost part of the skin and avoid the white pith.
- Place lemon zest in a glass bowl and cover with alcohol. Cover and let infuse at room temperature until yellowish in color, about 7 days.
- Bring water and sugar to the boil in a saucepan, stirring until sugar dissolves. Remove syrup from heat and let cool, about 10 minutes.
- Pour alcohol into the syrup through a fine-mesh strainer; discard lemon zest. Stir well.
- Pour limoncello into thick, freezer-safe glass bottles. Store in the freezer for at least 2 weeks before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 184.2 calories, Carbohydrate 25.3 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Sodium 1.7 mg, Sugar 25.1 g
LIMONCELLO (ITALIAN LEMONCELLO) OR ORANGECELLO
Got this from a family I stayed with in Sorrento, Italy. Don't want to lose it. Can be made with either lemons or oranges. The Italian tradition is to use lemons since they are so abundant in the Almalfi coast. Americans showed me how to make this low sugar/low carb by substituting "spenda" instead of sugar.
Provided by Mimi Bobeck
Categories Beverages
Time P1m29D
Yield 2 bottles
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Take a large glass jar.
- Large enough to hold to bottle of 750ml vodka.
- Add one of the bottles of vodka into the jar.
- Save the other bottle of vodka for later.
- Grate the zest of the 15 lemons into the jar of vodka.
- Cover jar tightly and let sit at room temperature for 30-40 days.
- The longer it rests- the better it will taste.
- No need to shake or stir the contents- all you have to do is be patient and wait.
- As the limoncello sits, the vodka takes the flavor and yellow color from the lemon peels.
- After 30-40 days, take the sugar (or Splenda) and place into a pan.
- Add the water and cook for about 7 minutes- until it becomes a thick sauce or syrup.
- Let the sugar mixture cool.
- Then open the lid on the jar of lemon and vodka mixture and add the sugar mixture into the jar.
- Add the 2nd bottle of vodka.
- Close lid on jar tightly and let it sit again for another 30-40 days.
- After the 30-40 days has passed, strain the lemon peel (lemon zest) and discard the zest (peel).
- Pour the remaining liquid, which is now lemoncello into bottles and place into the freezer until ready to serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 4985.1, Fat 2.4, SaturatedFat 0.3, Sodium 50.3, Carbohydrate 486.6, Fiber 38.1, Sugar 399.6, Protein 9.7
HOMEMADE LIMONCELLO RECIPE
Do you want to know how to make Homemade Limoncello Recipe? Then you are in the right place! Limoncello is really easy to make. You can make it at home with a few useful tools and few ingredients.
Provided by Recipes from Italy
Categories easy recipes
Time 30m
Yield 20
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Wash the lemons then dry them with kitchen paper. Peel the lemons with a ceramic potato peeler. Take care to remove ONLY the zest (yellow part), leaving the white spongy one on the lemon, as it could give a bitter taste to the liqueur.
- Place the lemon zest in a large airtight glass jar then pour the alcohol (or the Everclear or the Vodka). Let them infuse for 2 weeks in a cool place out of direct sunlight. Better cover the jar with a cloth to be sure that it remains in the dark. During this time, SHAKE THE JAR EVERY DAY to mix the ingredients well without ever opening the jar.
- After the required infusion time, you need to make the syrup. So put the water and sugar in a saucepan and, over low heat, bring to a boil. Stir constantly until the sugar is completely dissolved. Then let it cool down.
- Now filter the liquid with a sieve and remove the lemon zest.
- Once the syrup is cold, add it to the infusion of alcohol and lemon zest and mix well. Now pour the Limoncello into glass bottles with hermetic closure or cork stopper. Store the bottles in a cool, dark place for one week.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 100 g, Calories 343 cal
LIMONCELLO
For the perfect summer pick-me-up, make Giada De Laurentiis' Limoncello, or lemon liqueur, at home with her recipe from Everyday Italian on Food Network.
Provided by Giada De Laurentiis
Categories beverage
Time P4DT4h40m
Yield 7 cups
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Using a vegetable peeler, remove the peel from the lemons in long strips (reserve the lemons for another use). Using a small sharp knife, trim away the white pith from the lemon peels; discard the pith. Place the lemon peels in a 2-quart pitcher. Pour the vodka over the peels and cover with plastic wrap. Steep the lemon peels in the vodka for 4 days at room temperature.
- Stir the water and sugar in a large saucepan over medium heat until the sugar dissolves, about 5 minutes. Cool completely. Pour the sugar syrup over the vodka mixture. Cover and let stand at room temperature overnight. Strain the limoncello through a mesh strainer. Discard the peels. Transfer the limoncello to bottles. Seal the bottles and refrigerate until cold, at least 4 hours and up to 1 month.
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