When Life gives you Lemons......

Well............ya'll know that I make Limoncello!

My friend Steve brought me a bag full of lemons

So I got out my potato peeler and peeled all of the

zest off of the outside of the lemons trying really

really hard not to get any of the white pith.

The pith can make the end product bitter.

After I get all of the peeling off of the lemons

then I put them in a very clean glass jar

and give them a vodka bath!

Sometimes I use 1/2 vodka and 1/2 Everclear.

This makes the end result just abit stronger.

This vodka bath will last for 1-2 months.

At that point I make up a simple syrup

with about 6 cups of water and 4 cups of sugar

and mix it with the very lemony vodka in a larger glass jar.

This will sit for another 2-4 weeks.

Sometimes it is hard to wait, but the longer you let

it set the better it is!

To make the limoncello all I really need it the lemon peel,

but I surely can't waste all those lemons, so I juice all of

the lemons and make LEMONADE!

ta ta for now.