Homemade Limoncello Recipe: How to Make the Best Limoncello

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Lina's Limoncello

An Original Recipe by Lorraine Elliott from Lina

Preparation time: 5 minutes with 2-4 weeks steeping time

Cooking time: 5 minutes

Serves:

  • 8 large lemons
  • 1 litre/0.26 gallon 95% vodka*
  • 1kg/2.2lbs sugar
  • 1 litre/0.26 gallon water

Lina's recipe says that limoncello should be made with 95% alcohol but this can be difficult to procure. I used a good quality vodka (Vdka 6100).

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Step 1 - Peel lemons with potato peeler and make sure there's no white part. Soak in alcohol in a sterilised jar for 2-4 weeks.

Step 2 - When it's time boil the sugar and water into a simple syrup, around 2-3 minutes. Cool the syrup.

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Step 3 - Strain the lemon peels from the vodka and mix the sugar syrup with the lemon vodka. Bottle and store in freezer.

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© Lorraine Elliott