How to Make Limoncello - CHOW Tip

A. J. Rathbun, author of CHOW-approved cocktail books "Good Spirits" and "Luscious Liqueurs," has an easy recipe for homemade limoncello. It's just lemon peels, grain alcohol, and simple syrup. Then let the mixture sit for a few weeks, giving it a shake every so often. Minimal effort, maximum pleasure.

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Making liquors at home is fun, and tasty, and it's easy. Take Limoncello, the Italian lemon liquor. To make it, take the peels of seven lemons and add them to a sturdy glass container that has a good lid. To those lemons you add two cups of grain alcohol or high proof Vodka. Stir it a little bit. Put the cap on. Put it in a cool dry place, away from the sun, and let it sit for two weeks. After two weeks add an ounce and a half of simple syrup, another quick stir, put it back in that cool dry place for two more weeks, stopping by every couple of days to give it a little swirl. Then you strain it out and then you're ready to drink it. It's a beautiful golden color and you can have it by itself chilled or mix it up into cocktails.