Limoncello

Yes! The perfect digestif after a meal. Make your own at home.. it's easy.

I've only had limoncello cake and limoncello yogurt. I guess it's time for me to try the real thing.

Homemade yes.

Yes. Cold!

Recipe:

I use everclear to make it.

Yes, but only while on a slate patio overlooking the Amalfi Coast.

It’s also quite nice by the pool at a villa in Tuscany, Babe.

I dare to drink it in Alassio with the hoi polloi.

I have friends who "delight" all of us each year with a homemade bottle.

It is dreadful stuff. They are too cheap to use a nice vodka. And they use artificial sweetener. UGH.

In the Vatican, the cardinals do body shots of it off of the bodies of young male hustlers. No joke.

That sounds about right.

And by "young" R11 means 11.

I add it to Tazo lemongrass green iced tea. Delicious. It’s way too sweet to drink by itself. I might try adding it to home-made lemonade when it gets warmer. Or a fruit punch. If I want an apertif I drink Lillet with a piece of orange peel.

Grown up snow cones

R10, a high quality vodka is a must, or you end up with cough syrup.

Why waste a good vodka?

It's not as if you could tell what type of vodka is used after adding all those lemons and sugar.

It's like those idiots who order Grey Goose and a soft drink.

Well vodka is ALWAYS well vodka. At least a decent and clean vodka, if not a luxury one, in a mixed drink.

What are some affordable, high quality vodkas?

Smirnoff vodka, 100 proof is perfect for this.

Use Costco's Kirkland vodka if you don't wanna spend a bunch. (And no, I'm not the Costco queen).

It always stikes me as slightly trashy. For pedestrian tastes.

I had it on the Amalfi Coast where it originated, it was nasty, couldn't take more than one sip

Such strong aversions to limoncello. LOL. Only on DL...

It's the reverse, R24. There is a Lemocello Stan on DL. He appears about 1x a year. I think he's The Continental.

Yes, it's absolutely fucking delicious.

I am trashy and pedestrian R22.

Giada has a version that takes only 4 days, but I'm sure that might upset some purists..

I love it. In fact, I'm going to have some right now!

And it's a refreshing douche in July!

It's nice as a once in awhile thing.

It can be nice if it's good quality but a lot of stuff out there tastes like melted lemon Lifesavers.

Agreed with R32.

I adore him!

unless you are using those big, sweet Amalfi lemons dont bother drinking/making limoncello.

The real deal I received as a gift once, I substituted as I would Grand Marnier/ Orange juice for Crepes Suzette: Limoncello/LJ and still flaming (like a Dancing Queen) with brandy to finish - I was pleased with the lemon syrupy variation. If I did this again, I'd serve with some fresh blueberries too I think.

Otherwise, I've just mixed it high-ball with soda water and lots of ice. Refreshing but I add Angostura for a kick too to balance it out.

Let's go to the Amalfi coast and try it.

That mess knocked me on my ass -- yeah, I was in Capri, it was hot outside that night, and they were just so good. I had to apologize to the hotel staff the next day.

I think I had this at the Italy pavilion at Epcot. It was okay.

It was the Italian pavillion at the 1964 World's Fair, admit it R39

Make it yourself at home and cut the sugar in half. Not for the purists, but it's still plenty sweet enough.

Can anyone describe the taste good Limoncello is supposed to have? I have never tried it and I am curious to make it at home.

Sweet, sunny, lemony, and very easy to forget about the hard liquor base. See R38. I've done versions with orange and grapefruit and they all turned out delicious. I usually cut way back on the sugar and don't miss it. For me, a little sweet goes a very long way.

R42 hmmmmm let's see how to describe this complex flavor. LEMONS

Lemons and lots of sugar.

r42: like a very sweet lemon ice cream with a boozy aftertaste. the texture is like a sticky syrup.

R46 More like lemon flavored motor oil.

Yikes, recipe calls for 4 CUPS of sugar. I'll pass. I like my teeth enamel too much to lose it to Limoncello.

Well, you're not supposed to drink a LOT of it, r48.

Isn't it just adult lemonade?

We enjoyed a really delightful batch a couple of years ago, in of all places, Alaska, aboard Diamond Princess®--staff (Italian) said that they created it from an old family recipe. Was wonderful gliding past glaciers from our window seats in the dining room . . . we still have the souvenir glasses . . .