The Original Italian Limoncello Recipe

Limoncello is a liqueur originally coming from Southern Italy. It is best served chilled. More and more people are discovering it as it gains popularity all over the world. It is the perfect after dinner drink.

The best Limoncello is produced using lemons of the village Sorrento, in the provence of Naples.
However it is fearly easy to produce it yourself, even using other lemons than the Italian ones. We suggest to use organically

You only need 4 ingrediënts!

The ingredients

For 1l of Limoncello you need:

• 0.5l of alchohol (95%)
• 0.5l of water
• 0.4kg of granulated sugar
• 5-6 lemons

The recipe

• First you start by searching a glass bowl that you can seal airtight
• You need to remove the zest from the lemons and put them in the bowl. The rest of the lemons you don't need anymore for the limoncello. Pretty mad isn't it
• Once all the zest is in the bowl, pour the alcohol into the bowl
• Now lock the bowl and store in it a safe place for 10 days
• After 10 days you add the sugar to the water and put it on a fire
• When the water is almost at boiling point turn off the fire. This is very important for the next step! If you don't do this, chances are the alcohol catches fire.
• Pour in the alcohol with the lemon zest into the water
• Put the it back on the fire for a minute and stirr to get all the aroma's out of the lemon zest
• Next filter the liquid. A coffee filter is a very good solution.
• Now it's time to bottle the limoncello.
• Once bottled put away the bottles for another 2 weeks in dark place
• After two weeks place the Limoncello in the freezer and serve it chilled to your guests.
• Enjoy! And drink responsably.