Homemade Limoncello

Homemade Limoncello photo
As much as you can drink
DianeDiane Vanpelt

Homemade Lemon flavored liquor from Sorrento Italy

ingredients

  • 10 lemons
  • 4 cups high quality vodka or if you are daring you can use Ever clear
  • 3 cups sugar
  • 3 cups water
  • Large glass jar with cover

directions

  • 1

    Peel 10 lemons

  • 2

    Put peels in glass jar

  • 3

    Add 4 cups of vodka

  • 4

    Cover and leave on counter for 7 days

  • 5

    Boil 3 cups of sugar with 3 cups of water until dissolved thoroughly

  • 6

    cool

  • 7

    add vodka

  • 8

    Strain into large jar cover and let sit for one month

  • 9

    You can add light cream to make creamy Limoncello however it should be refrigerated if you add the cream

  • 10

    I use the lemon peels after for cooking

notes

We have a family story about the Limoncello in Sorrento

reviews

Welcome to TasteBook
All your favorite recipes
& cookbooks in one place.
  • top cookbook recipes
  • best web recipes
  • your personal recipes

RECIPES SAVED TO TASTEBOOK

2 , 7 0 7 , 8 9 9
Join TasteBook, it's Free!

Win a $250 gift card from Williams-Sonoma

Willams_sonoma_card2 Pin luscious recipe photos to Pinterest from our featured collections or your own. Try it, it's addictive!

Enter Pin it & Win it

Love Struck Chocolate Bundt Cake

Nestle

Recommended Collections

Explore more recipe collections »

make a cookbook & personalize it!

a cool + fab gift »