Limoncello
The recipe for limoncello, an Italian drink with pure alcohol and lemon peel
Ingredients
- 1 liter 95° pure alcohol
- 400g sugar
- 6 large untreated lemons
- 1.2 litres of spring water
Preparation steps
- Zest the lemon yellow, taking care not to put the white part between the skin and the flesh
- In a container that closes hermetically put the alcohol and zest
- Macerate at least 1 month in the cool place away from the light and shaking every day
- 1 month later, in a saucepan, boil the water and sugar to make a syrup
- Remove from heat and cool completely
- Stir syrup and alcohol
- Put in tightly closed bottles
- Let the bottles rest for 10 days before consuming
- You can freeze to store after 10 days of rest