Limoncello

-How Should I Serve the Limoncello? Iced, the more Cold the better it is. Put also the Glass in the Fridge.

-Which are the Best Glasses? Limoncello Glasses are normally very Small. You can get it twice if you like but if the glass is too big the Limoncello would get too Warm

- When? After dinner (Limoncello is a Digestive Liquor) or during the Evening in place of the Traditional Alcoholic Drink.

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Ingredients	Procedimento	History

-first phase - 6 natural lemons, not too ripe, without chemical threatments. -1 liter of Pure Alcohol second phase -500 gramms of Sugar -2 or more bottle with a content of 2 liters - a very thin net in order to filter the liquor	-Peel the Lemon, be Careful not to peel the white part of the Skin which would give a bitter Taste. -Put the Skins in a Bottle with a wide Neck. Add the Alcohol. Close firmly ad let it Rest for 20 days, more or less in a Dark Room. -After 20 days .. ..... . -Prepare a Pot with a liter of water, add the Sugar. If you warm the Water Slightly the Sugar will Solve Better -Pour the Alcool filtering the Lemon Skin with the Fine Net -Stir for few minutes and Fill the bottles quickly otherwise the alcohol would waporized -Let it Rest for another 20 Days in a Dark Room then put the Bottle in the Fridge and you are Ready to Enjoy the Limoncello everytime you want.	- Limocello has not been invented it is born in the tradition in the South of Italy. For the same reason it is not possible to write an official recipe. Every woman makes her own Limoncello and she will change the recipe to suite the family taste. Our recipe is not the Best it is simply one of. Here are some SUGGESTION: -Use 10 instead of 6 Lemons if you Enjoy the Lemon Taste. -Do not Peel all the Lemon togheter simly Peel them while you use them. -Add some Citronella it will give a Greener Color and a stronger Taste. -The quantity of Sugar may vary from 300gr to 800gr depending on Personal Tasteali -The Lemon are the Main Ingredients, they do not have to be too Ripe and their Quality is Essential. They must not be threated with CHEMICAL or you will get them all.



Where can I get the Lemon	Where can I get the Bottle	How and When to Serve Limoncello

- The Best thing is to have a Lemon Tree or a friend with a Lemon Tree. - Never Buy Lemon that you Find in Supermarket that are in a Net. They are threated with a Special Wax that would affect the Taste. -Try to buy Lemon from Biological Culture.	In the South of Italy you can Find many Nice Bottle but any Glass Bottle would do the Job. -The Bottle needs to be New or it should have been used only for Aliments -It needs to have a Tight Cap. Cork cap are not suitable because they get Pasty with the Sugar. -The Alcool bottle is Ideal, Mind the Neck if you want to Recycle it because you will need to get the Skins out.	-How Should I Serve the Limoncello? Iced, the more Cold the better it is. Put also the Glass in the Fridge. -Which are the Best Glasses? Limoncello Glasses are normally very Small. You can get it twice if you like but if the glass is too big the Limoncello would get too Warm - When? After dinner (Limoncello is a Digestive Liquor) or during the Evening in place of the Traditional Alcoholic Drink. marco filla [email protected]