On a cold snowy morning – hints of Italian summer from Barry Lillie
Back in 2014 I posted my (then) favourite recipe for making home made limoncello. As the years have passed I’ve been re-educated by an Italian lady who’s family know how to throw together a good lunch with them all cooking up a storm and providing fabulous food.
There’s a few subtle changes to the previous recipe but the most obvious difference is that this recipe takes just 7 days rather than the 40 days for the previous Teramo recipe I was given.
The ingredients are:
5 or 6 large Italian unwaxed lemons or 10 average sized supermarket ones
1 litre of alcohol 95% proof
750g granulated sugar
1.25 litres water
If you use the small supermarket lemons you’ll need around 10, but the large pale lemons that they sell here are the best as they have more oil in the peel.
You’ll need a large container with a lid in…
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