lemoncello

[pigletwillie]

Thats the stuff Nicos.

[Nicos]

Do you know what it is piglet?? Other than alcohol?? - what's it made from??grain/spuds/rice?????
Can you actually add it to a punch instead of gin or vodka??
I didn't end up using mine cos the boiler repair man said we should use calvados, anything else would be a crime
I wonder if it would make a lemoncello??

[Nicos]

Just wanted to let you know that the lemoncello is wonderful!
I'll certainly be making a few more bottles in the very near future.
Only downside is that it's not using any of my homegrown produce...but then again- who cares- it's lovely!!

Thanks for sharing the recipe with us klmgardening!!

[klmgardening]

Really glad you liked it I am now making it for everyone(those too lazy sorry busy to do it themselves) what I really need is a receipe that can turn corguettes into alcohol as I have got hundreds of them HELP

[shirley]

Just back from 2 weeks in Sorrento. Had Limoncello there and will def try the home made version.

[pigletwillie]

Nicos, I make a pukka 80 Limoncello recipe (from Sorento) and you can use either alcohol or vodka although the alcohol is more traditional. I think its grain based and is grand in punches or anything else to be honest. At 10 euros a litre its much cheaper than vodka.

I now only have 20 days to wait for my next batch to finish.

[Nicos]

Nicos, I make a pukka 80 Limoncello recipe (from Sorento) and you can use either alcohol or vodka although the alcohol is more traditional. I think its grain based and is grand in punches or anything else to be honest. At 10 euros a litre its much cheaper than vodka.

I now only have 20 days to wait for my next batch to finish.

Good job I brought 3 litres of the alcohol for friut back with me then eh??? Thanks...will give it a go!
Do you use the same recipe??

[Snadger]

Can't you buy the preserving alchohol at the chemists in this country at a reasonable price then?

[Nicos]

Don't think it's the same Snadge.
What they have in France is a grain alcohol which has no flavour.
The stuff I bought in France is called 'Alcool special pour Fruits Spiritueux'
It is 40% proof and comes in 1 litre bottles, costing E10 a litre.
I have one bottle which was given me from a different source and it is 38% proof and lists its contents as Eau ( water) and Alcool Ethylique ( if that means anything to you chemists out there?????)
What is the stuff you can buy at chemists then???? Is this the same thing????

[Snadger]

I had some limoncello in Sorrento but wasn't too impressed with it! It seemed to me that one of the main fruits they grew there was a huge varient of a lemon and they had run out of ideas as to what to do with them? Instead of adding alchohol from an exterior source I would have thought they would have distilled the lemon juice/wine,? or is there not as much profit in this as bunging the fruit in alchohol/vodka and selling it to gullible tourists!
Sorry to bring a touch of sincism to the thread and for those who enjoy drinking the stuff I hope you enjoy making and drinking the homemade version too !

[scarey55]

Ooh, must just tell you all,

I left my Limoncello in the freezer too long and now have a VERY alcoholic Slush Puppy

[scared55]

Could end up with a sloshed puppy!

KK

[Alison]

I had some limoncello in Sorrento but wasn't too impressed with it! It seemed to me that one of the main fruits they grew there was a huge varient of a lemon and they had run out of ideas as to what to do with them? Instead of adding alchohol from an exterior source I would have thought they would have distilled the lemon juice/wine,? or is there not as much profit in this as bunging the fruit in alchohol/vodka and selling it to gullible tourists!
Sorry to bring a touch of sincism to the thread and for those who enjoy drinking the stuff I hope you enjoy making and drinking the homemade version too !

I found it absolutley gorgeous, particularly liked the fact that every time me and my friend went into a shop that sold it, the owner made us drink some

[Snadger]

I found it absolutley gorgeous, particularly liked the fact that every time me and my friend went into a shop that sold it, the owner made us drink some

Thats cos it cost them absolutely nowt to make and they new you'd finish up buying a bottle or two eventually!

[Alison]

Thats cos it cost them absolutely nowt to make and they new you'd finish up buying a bottle or two eventually!

Fair point, well made! And we were two women in Italy therefore you always get big measures in bars. Went back a couple of years later with OH and he made me go to the bar all the time as they served me twice as much as him. Quality.