Limoncello

So this is Mother In Laws recipe for Limoncello. For those of you who don't know Limoncello  is an Italian lemon liqueur. Limoncello is traditionally served chilled as an after-dinner digestivo. It is usually served in small  chilled glasses. This is strong so drink it as a shot!

To produce 1 liter and half of Limoncello, get these ingredients:
- 10 medium sized lemons untreated
- 1 liter of alcohol at 90 °,
- 400 g sugar
- Half a liter of water

First, carefully wash the lemons and cut the rind thinly, being careful not to cut the white part. Place the peel on a cutting board and cut it into strips.

Gather the strips of lemon in a sealed glass jar, pour the liter of alcohol, quit and leave to infuse for at least 15 days.

After 15 days, prepare the syrup of sugar and water. In a saucepan pour sugar and water together, then heat over a low heat until the sugar has dissolved. Turn off and let cool to room temperature.

Unite the alcohol-infusion to the syrup and mix well. Take a second container and filter through a funnel lined with cheesecloth or filter paper. Repeat a second time, squeezing the lemon peel well.

Finally, again using filter funnel, fill the bottles, close them and put them to rest in a dry pantry.

Update

So now I am really back. Summers over so things have slowed down thankfully! My summers are spent bottling, pickling, freezing and making alcohol....I know...typical Irish lol. This year the harvest was better than ever so I now have enough Tomato sauce for the whole year. This is a basic list of what was made and bottled

Bottled:
Tomatoes (for pasta and pizza)
Filetto di pomodoro (tomato "fillets" which is great as a pasta sauce or pizza sauce)
peppers in oil
mushrooms in oil
mushrooms "pizziola" (with tomaotes and garlic)
cherries in alcohol
peaches in wine
aubergines in oil
Strawberry jam
marmalade
lemon curd
apricot jam
mint sauce
Ketchup (which is alot better than the shop bought even if I do say so myself!)



Freezer. My freezer is now full (and I mean full!!) with the goodness of summer! Here's some of the things I froze this summer....
Aubergines
Zucchini
Zucchini flowers
Runner and French beans
peas
peppers
tomatoes
spinach
parsnips (I brought the seeds over from Ireland as parsnips can't be found for love nor money here!)
corn
mushrooms
leeks
all my herbs so Basil, parsley, mint, sage etc

Alcohol
So here is the best bit....the alcohol! I made

Limoncello
Strawberry liquor
cherry liquor
coffee cream
mint liquor
basil liquor
Fennel Liquor

Unfortunately I haven't figured out how to freeze lettuce yet so I couldn't freeze that.......