Limoncino
(the flavia of the Flavia)

limoncino

It is now about thirty years that, when I find nice lemons, I start at a good pace to prepare limoncino.

But once, about twenty years ago, a very dear friend, Flavia, gave me a bottle of hers, exquisite:
moreover, since she is a proven pharmacist, di infusions Medicines It will be.

I wrote down his recipe, essential and perfect, and ever since, that is recipe for the limoncino of my house!

It is fundamental and indispensable to find impeccable lemons; those in the following photos came straight from the Amalfi coast.

We prepare the lemons and begin!

Ingredients:

untreated lemons pz 7
pure alcohol 95 ° cc 1'000
cup sugar gr 700
water gr 400

Preparation:

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Wash the lemons, dry them gently and with a potato peel remove the peel (only the yellow, not the white part!).

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Put them in a bottle with airtight.

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Cover them with pure alcohol and leave to infuse for two weeks.

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After this period, remove the peel from alcohol (or alcohol from the bottle that contains it).

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Separately melt the sugar with water.

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Allow to cool the syrup and add it so the infusion

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Filter through with cotton or gauze (possibly a strainer, clean perfectly fine).

Stuff and leave to rest for at least a month before consuming it.

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Health!

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ADVICES AND NOTES:

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