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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. PART ONE (two weeks minimum, 2-3 months best). | 2. Wash and dry the lemons. Only use the ones without blemished peels or pare off any spots and the stems, ends. | 3. Remove the peel from the lemons with a sharp peeler or fine grater, carefully avoiding the bitter white pith. If any white pith remains on the back of a strip of peel, scrape it off. If you get any of the white part in the batch, the limoncello will be bitter and you don't want that! | 4. Put the peels in a glass jar and add the vodka about two inches below the top and seal tightly. | 5. Leave the jar to steep in a cool, dark place until the peels lose their color, at least 2 weeks. 2-3 months gives the best flavor | 6. Every couple of weeks swirl the peels around in the jar to mix up the oils in the alcohol. | 7. PART TWO (two weeks). | 8. Put the water and sugar in a saucepan, stir and slowly boil until it turns clear. Let the syrup cool. | 9. Put the cooled syrup in the jar with the lemons (you might have to divide the batch into two jars at this point, depending on the size of your jar). | 10. Put the jars back in the closet for at least two weeks. Longer is fine too. | 11. PART THREE (one week). | 12. Strain out the lemon peels through a coffee filter or cheesecloth and pour the limoncello into another container. | 13. Press down to remove all the vodka and oils that you can from the peels before tossing them in the trash. | 14. Stir the liquid with a clean plastic or wooden spoon. | 15. Put the liqueur in clean bottles, seal tightly and leave the finished bottles for at least 1 week before using. | 16. For best flavor and drinking it straight, store the limoncello in the freezer. It shouldn't freeze because of how much alcohol is in it and it's wonderful ice cold. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
lemon	15 -20		unwaxed	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
vodka	2	bottles	suggested	-	-	-	-
water	4 -6	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
sugar	2 -4	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.