Best Meyer Lemon Limoncello Recipes

Meyer Lemon Limoncello image

Provided by CHRISSYG

Categories Beverages

Time P21DT20m

Yield 30 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 5

2 1/2 lbs meyer lemons
10 lemon leaves
1 liter distilled spirits (90% to 95% pure spirits)
1 1/2 lbs sugar
34 ounces water

Steps:

Wash the lemons and leaves; with a potato peeler remove the rind from the lemon (take care to only remove yellow skin, not white flesh.
put lemon rind,leaves and alcohol in a sealed jar and let it soak for two or three weeks.
Toward the end of the two/three weeks put sugar and water in a pan, let it boil for 4 minutes and let it cool.
Mix everything, remove the lemon rind and filter the mixture through a coffee paper filter or washed cheesecloth.
Put in bottles and put in freezer. In few hours the limoncello is ready to be served.
If you cannot find pure spirits, you can substitute a good quality vodka, and cut back on some of the water.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 98.7, Fat 0.1, Sodium 1.4, Carbohydrate 26.2, Fiber 1.1, Sugar 23.6, Protein 0.4

Meyer Lemon Limoncello Sorbet Recipe - (4.5/5) image

Provided by Foodiewife

Number Of Ingredients 6

1 cup water
2 tablespoons lemon zest (about 2 - 3 lemons)
1 cup Meyer lemon juice (juice of about 3-4 lemons, some you zested)
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup limoncello (vodka is ok to substitute)
NOTE: You can use up to 2 cups of lemon juice, but it might be very tart!

Steps:

Wash and dry lemons. Using a microplane grater, remove the zest from two to three lemons until you have about 2 tablespoons of lemon zest. Place water, zest and sugar into small saucepan and bring to a boil. Let boil for one minute and then remove from heat. Juice the lemons until you have 2 cups of juice. Pour juice through a chinois or sieve to remove seeds and pulp. Add 1/3 cup of limoncello to the juice and place in an ice bath to chill. Pour cooled zest and sugar mixture through chinois or sieve into ice bath with juice. Stir to mix and chill mixture in ice bath until less than 45° F. NOTE: I simply chilled this mixture in the fridge for a couple of hours. Pour into ice cream maker and freeze according to your maker's instructions. Once chilled, remove from ice cream maker and place in dedicated (odor-free) container to let ripen in the freezer for several hours. Because of the alcohol, it will always be a tiny bit soft.