Wash and dry 6 organic lemons
Finely peel the rind of the lemons, avoiding the white part as much as possible
Keep the lemons to make a cake or lemonade or lemon cream, for example
Pour into clean, sterile glass jars. I use 2 glass jars because the bigger ones are all used up already.
Add 500 ml of alcohol at 90°C (if you have it) or vodka if not (this is the alcohol best suited to replace alcohol at 90°C, because its taste is more neutral to the taste
Leave to macerate for 1 week away from light and heat
And shake once a day
After 1 week: (90°C alcohol or vodka has turned yellow and the lemon peel loses its color)
For the syrup : 300 g of sugar
500 ml of filtered water
Heat for 2-3 min (until the sugar is completely dissolved)
Leave the syrup to cool
Add the syrup to the lemon alcohol mixture
Then leave to macerate for a minimum of 3 days to 30 days (which I prefer)
Then strain Store in the fridge if it's summer or at room temperature if it's winter ♥ Homemade
limoncello is pure delight!
water to liquor and we don't want that. Hence the importance of keeping in the fridge in the summer ♥