Life didn't exactly give me lemons, but my neighbor sure did. Lots of lemons!
What the hell am I gonna do with all these lemons? Well, my husband suggested making lemonade with the kids which sounded like a good idea, but momma had a better one. Big girl lemonade, Limoncello!
I've never actually tried limoncello before, but have seen it made several times and hell, I'm willing to try anything with vodka at least once. It's a popular Italian lemon liqueur usually consumed as an after dinner digestivo by the Italians. Love those Italians!
I started by scrubbing my lemons (sounds dirty). I'm only making half a batch just in case. I don't wanna waste the vodka. ;)
Then came the tricky part, peeling the lemons without getting any of the plith. Probably would have helped had I owned a nicer vegetable peeler, but just pretend my peel came off in long beautiful strips. This ain't Top Chef people!
Finally, I added my long beautiful lemon peels to just over half a 750ml bottle of good vodka in a glass pitcher to steep for 40 long days. For you nit picky Italians, yes, I know I should be using Everclear, but remember I'm on a Yellow Tail budget and my husband happened to have a nice vodka up in the cupboard already so vodka it is! (Shhh! My husband doesn't know I'm Stealing his vodka.)
Now I wait......
What the hell am I gonna do with all these lemons? Well, my husband suggested making lemonade with the kids which sounded like a good idea, but momma had a better one. Big girl lemonade, Limoncello!
I've never actually tried limoncello before, but have seen it made several times and hell, I'm willing to try anything with vodka at least once. It's a popular Italian lemon liqueur usually consumed as an after dinner digestivo by the Italians. Love those Italians!
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| 5 squeaky clean lemons. |
I started by scrubbing my lemons (sounds dirty). I'm only making half a batch just in case. I don't wanna waste the vodka. ;)
Then came the tricky part, peeling the lemons without getting any of the plith. Probably would have helped had I owned a nicer vegetable peeler, but just pretend my peel came off in long beautiful strips. This ain't Top Chef people!
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| Note: Never loan out your good beverage dispenser with a lid, you may not get it back. Hence, the pitcher with cling wrap. |
Finally, I added my long beautiful lemon peels to just over half a 750ml bottle of good vodka in a glass pitcher to steep for 40 long days. For you nit picky Italians, yes, I know I should be using Everclear, but remember I'm on a Yellow Tail budget and my husband happened to have a nice vodka up in the cupboard already so vodka it is! (Shhh! My husband doesn't know I'm Stealing his vodka.)
Now I wait......
....while the kids make their own damn lemonade!
Check out Viola! Limoncello. for the rest of the limoncello recipe and to see how it turned out.
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