80 Days Homemade Limoncello
80-Day Homemade Limoncello, infused with lemon peel and steeped for 80 days
Author: Alyssa
Serves: 2 liters
Ingredients
- 12 organic lemons, washed, rinsed, and dried
- 1-liter 100-proof vodka
- 4 cups of water
- 3 cups granulated sugar
- Recommended 'equipment'
- a large glass jar that can be covered and has been properly sanitized
- bottles for storing the completed limoncello
- cheesecloth
- funnel
Instructions
- Using a paring knife, peel the lemon rind away from the flesh, careful not to remove too much fo the white pith. Place the peel in the large glass bottle or jar (enough to hold at least 60-ounces of liquid)
- Pour the vodka over the lemon peels, give it all a good stir, secure the top and place the jar is a dark, cool location where it can sit undisturbed for 40-days to infuse
- After 40-days, combine the water and sugar in a large saucepan and bring to boil, stirring occasionally until the sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and let cool completely
- Add half the simple syrup to the vodka & lemon peels, stirring to combine. Taste the mixture and add more syrup if a sweeter flavor is desired. (Remember, you can adjust sweetness again after the second infusion)
- Cover the jar and place it back in a cool, dry place to sit undisturbed for 40 more days
- After 40 days (80 days total), taste your limoncello. If it's still not sweet enough for you, make more simple syrup, following the instructions from earlier, and continue to add the syrup to the limoncello until the desired sweetness is reached.
- Bottle your limoncello in clean, dry, sanitized bottles, discarding the lemon peel. To remove all lemon peel and the small particles that may have broken off while infusing, place a small square of cheesecloth over a funnel and strain your limoncello through it.
- We keep a bottle of limoncello in our freezer, storing it there for whenever we want a little something sweet after dinner.
Recipe by Her Modern Kitchen at https://www.hermodernkitchen.com/80-day-limoncello/