Tuesday, February 01, 2005

Recipe for Limoncello

My freezer is filled with fifths of Limoncello and "Orange-cello''. For those of you unfamiliar with limonello here's a brief description. Lemon liqueur of Italian origin. What it essentially is is vodka infused with lemon essence sweetened with simple syrup. I've been trying to find an Italian name for the same liqueur but where orange replaces the lemon. How to make it:
12 lemons, 2 - 750ml bottles of good 100 proof vodka, 1 cup sugar (granulated), 1 cup water. (Note: the water and sugar will be used as simple syrup and can be made ahead of time and stored as it will be introduced to the vodka after several days.) -- Remove zest only from lemons (no pith), place zest into one (1) of the bottles of vodka and store in cool, dry, dark place for 2 weeks. The oils will be leached out of the zest from the alcohol. After two weeks, remove the zests. I find that filtering the vodka through a coffee filter into a large bowl works best in removing most of the unwated particles from the liquid. Combine the "lemon vodka" with the second bottle and the simple syrup (1 cup water plus 1 cup sugar). Re-bottle the liqueur. Note also that you now have more liquid than bottles. Having extra empty vodka (clean) bottles on hand comes in handy. Liqueur must be given time to marry all the flavors and sugars. This is best done in the freezer for at least another week. This makes great holiday gifts (NOT FOR KIDS) or when visiting dinner parties with friends. The orange version of this liqueur is done the same way but with 4-6 oranges, not 12. I'll be trying it with limes as soon as I make room in the freezer. By the way, if anyone knows what the orange liqueur would or should be called, please let me know.

31 Comments:

Blogger Swim80 said...

Hey there, I am a big fan of Limoncello and I am really thankful for your recipe. Nice blog by the way!


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September 22, 2005 at 12:26 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I just wanted to let you know that "oragne-cello" as you called it is ARANCELLO in Italian :)

October 25, 2005 at 6:20 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

My friends came back from Italy with two types of Limoncello one of them was a milky color and a little smother taste. Can some one please tell me the name of the milky Limoncello and post the recipe for it?

Thanks

June 3, 2006 at 2:44 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

That's called "Crema di Limoncello" and you can find a number of recipes if you google it.

July 15, 2006 at 10:59 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I have tried both the lemon and orange...I used the Chinese Mandarin oranges...fabulous....but the one that the family enjoyed the most was the batch that I made with concord grapes....I am making a batch today

September 5, 2006 at 12:14 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The Italian word for lime is "limetta." Most Italians are not familiar with this fruit or even the word. It is not grown there and very rarely imported. This classic drink made from limes would probably be called "limettcello."

December 10, 2006 at 12:30 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Very cool that you have posted the recipe but I don't think that it is traditionally made with vodka, since that is not an italian alcohol, I think the true recipe uses a more pure and flavorless alcohol like grain alcohol.

December 21, 2006 at 12:03 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Limoncello should always be made with Grain Alcohol - not vodka. I would suggest finding an alternative recipe.

March 26, 2007 at 3:16 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just back from Sorrento. They had several varieties of an orange liquer using mandarine oranges and called Mandarino.

April 17, 2007 at 6:36 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I tried arancello with mandarin oranges and it was very bitter, but I think I may have used too much peel. I also tried it with blood oranges and it was excellent. I tried a version with 3/4 lemon and 1/4 lime peel (I was afraid lime by itself would be too bitter) and it was also very good, mostly you could taste the lime rather than the lemon even though it was mostly lemon.

June 16, 2007 at 12:26 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

It is very important to remove as much pith as you can from mandarin peels. Sadly, it is also difficult to do. But this directly affects how bitter the final product is.

Limoncello is much easier to make since lemon peels are more forgiving.

Mandarino is a somewhat bitter, however, but excellent as an aperitif because of this.

August 1, 2007 at 3:27 PM  
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Blogger Unknown said...

Thanks for the recipe, I will however be using "alcool" which I purchased at the local mercato. I currently reside in casapesenna, Italy..for a great twist on your recipe try using dark or bitter chocolate and increase the sugar by half. My wifes favorite!

April 17, 2008 at 12:25 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

If the person who made a limoncello using concord grapes instead of lemons reads this, would you please tell me more about how you did this? I am really interested, it sounds SOOO good! Thank you!

November 29, 2008 at 5:44 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You know limoncello is popular when a blog continues over 3 years... another way you can use the same process is to put whole cinnamon sticks in the grain alcohol instead of lemon peels - in northern italy they call this "canella" and it's yummy on a cold winter night on it's own or in a cup of hot orange tea...
you can basically use anything in this process - herbs for an "amaro" (bitter apertivo), etc. just let your imagination be your guide and have fun.

December 14, 2008 at 3:45 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

would it take the same amount of time and lemons if using grain alcohol instead of vodka, since vodka is only half alcohol?

February 19, 2009 at 8:40 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I made my lemoncello with everclear which is a grain alcohol. I think it is better than Vodka.
If anyone knows of any recipe to make Raspberrycello, I googled and cannot find any recipe for this.

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