When visiting Academia (the museum that is the home of Michelangelo's David) I picked up an Italian cookbook that was translated into English hoping to use to to make some traditional Italian food at home. In the cookbook was the recipe for homemade limoncello, a very strong, lemony, sweet liquor served after meals. My roommates and I decided to make our own. Here is the recipe:
400 g of sugar
5 dl of 95 proof alcohol
the juice of 1 lemon
the peel of 6 lemons
16 lemon leaves
Set the lemon leaves and peel to macerate in the alcohol in a hermetically sealed jar in a dark place for 15 days, shaking the jar from time to time. When fifteen days have passed, add 5 dl of water mixed with lemon juice and sugar and leave aside for 24 hours. Filter carefully, bottle, and leave to rest for a month.
The first step is completed, we will add the sugar/water/lemon juice on Saturday and it will be ready to drink on April 10th!
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