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Title: Leo's Limoncello
Categories: Five, Beverages, Booze, Citrus
Yield: 3 Servings
18 lg Firm Eureka lemons
2 l 190-proof Everclear
10 c Hot water
1 1/2 c Cane sugar
Scrub each of the lemons with a vegetable brush, to
remove any protective wax from the skins, and simply to
clean them.
Use a sharp knife or vegetable peeler to peel only the
outer most yellow skin from the lemons. The white parts
have a bitter flavor, so you want to exclude as much of
it as you can. Place the skins in large jar that can be
sealed airtight.
Pour the Everclear over the skins, close the lid, and
shake the bottle. Repeat the shaking process several
times a day for at least two weeks. (I let mine soak for
three weeks before straining.)
Once at least two weeks have passed, place a strainer
over a large cooking pot. Line the strainer with cheese
cloth or a coffee filter. Pour the everclear and lemon
peels through the filter.
While the everclear is filtering, combine the 10 cups of
hot water and sugar in a saucepan. Stir over medium-high
heat until the sugar has dissolved (the cane sugar I
used is a little larger in grain size, compared with
granulated sugar, so I heated the mixture to help it
dissolve completely). Cool the sugar water completely
before adding it to the everclear mixture.
Pour the cooled sugar water into the strained everclear
and stir well. Pour the limoncello into clean bottles
(preferably swing-top style like a Grolsch bottle).
You can refrigerate the bottled limoncello. Serve in
small cordial glasses.
Julie Hashimoto-McCreery
RECIPE FROM: http://forbiddenriceblog.com
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