Limoncello Recipe

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Limoncello
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Ingredients
4
Count
Nutrition
1179
Calories
Total time
28815
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 2 (750 ml) bottles vodka (100- proof)
  • 4 1/2 cups sugar
  • 5 cups water

Directions:

  1. Wash the lemons with hot water before you start.
  2. Remove the peel with a vegetable peeler, remmoving all the white pith on the back by scraping with a knife, and put the peels in a 4 quart mason jar.
  3. Add 1 bottle of vodka and stir.
  4. Cover the jar, date it, and put to rest in a dark cabinet at room temperature.
  5. After 10-40 days take out the vodka-lemon miture.
  6. In a saucepan over high heat, stir the sugar and water together and boil for 5 minutes.
  7. Let the sugar syrup cool completely in the pan, abut 10 minutes.
  8. Add the syrup to the vodka-lemon mixture along with the 2nd bottle of vodka.
  9. Stir well to combine the ingredients.
  10. Replace the cover on the jar, note the finish date, and put to rest in a dark cabinet at room temperature.
  11. After 10-40 days, remove the limoncello from the cabinet.
  12. Strain the mixture and discard the lemon peels.
  13. Pour the limoncello into clean, unused bottle and store in the pantry.
  14. Before serving, place the bottle in the freezer until ready to serve.
  15. Note - The longer the mixture sits in the cabinet, the better. Oranges or Limes can be used in pace of lemons as well.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1178.62 Kcal (4935 kJ)
Calories from fat 0 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0g 0%
Sodium 25.96mg 1%
Potassium 605.71mg 13%
Total Carbs 309.15g 103%
Sugars 277.65g 1111%
Dietary Fiber 13.05g 52%
Protein 4.35g 9%
Vitamin C 230.6mg 384%
Iron 4.4mg 24%
Calcium 175.1mg 18%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 90.77 Kcal (380 kJ)
Calories from fat 0 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0g 0%
Sodium 2mg 1%
Potassium 46.65mg 13%
Total Carbs 23.81g 103%
Sugars 21.38g 1111%
Dietary Fiber 1.01g 52%
Protein 0.34g 9%
Vitamin C 17.8mg 384%
Iron 0.3mg 24%
Calcium 13.5mg 18%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 22.8
    Points
  • 33
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • fat free,
  • saturated fat free,
  • sodium free,
  • cholesterol free

Bad Points

  • High in Sugar

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