HOW TO MAKE LEMON LIQUOR AT HOME

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The famous Italian liquor "Limoncello" has long been popular throughout the world. The history of its origin is rather confusing, covered with myths and legends. According to one version, it was prepared by fishermen from southern Italy. In the early morning hours they drank it in order to suffer less from the cold sea air. According to another version, such liquor was prepared in monasteries and seasoned with them various pastries.

By the beginning of the twentieth century, they were prepared in many families of southern Italy and served as a digestif to especially respected guests. In 1988, entrepreneur M. Canale registered the Limoncello trademark. Fans of this liquor believe that only from the lemons that grew in southern Italy, you get a real limoncello, but at home you can make a delicious liquor from those lemons that are on the distribution network. After all, the chemical composition of these fruits does not greatly depend on the place where they grew. After all, lemons grow in regions with approximately the same warm subtropical climate.

Ingredients

To make lemon liquor at home you will need:

0.5 l of good vodka, preferably from Alfa alcohol;
5-6 lemons;
300 ml of water;
300 g of sugar.

Making Lemon Liqueur

1. Pour the lemons with hot water for 2-3 minutes, then wash and dry well.

2. Cut the zest with a knife or a vegetable peeler as thin as possible. For the preparation of limoncello, only a thin top layer of zest is required, neither the body of the lemon nor its juice are used to prepare this liquor.

3. Transfer the zest to a jar and pour vodka. The jar needs to be put in a dark place and kept at room temperature for three days. Instead of vodka, you can use homemade moonshine of good quality.

4. Pour water into a saucepan and add sugar, the syrup needs only to be heated, but not boiled.

5. Strain the vodka infused on the zest, squeeze it well and put into syrup.

6. When the syrup has cooled, it must be filtered and squeezed zest well again. It can be used to make muffins and lemon pies.
7. Combine the syrup with vodka and leave it still in the refrigerator for two days.
They drink Limoncello liquor well chilled. They pour it into glasses, which they also held in the freezer.

Snacking lemon liquor is not accepted.

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