Serves 1
Directions
- 1Wash and peel 10 lemons.
- 2Put the lemon peels in a mason jar.
- 3Place two and a half cups of grain alcohol in the jar (or three as the presenter did).
- 4Place the jar in a cold dark place for 30 days.
- 5In the meantime, cut up the lemons, squeeze the juice into a jar and save it for a later recipe.
- 6After 30 days, on medium heat, place six cups of water and two and a half cups of sugar.
- 7Continuously stir until the mixture becomes a clear syrup.
- 8Take it off the heat and put it aside to cool.
- 9Open up your mason jar and strain the alcohol into one of those old school Kool-Aid containers.
- 10Once your simple syrup has cooled, carefully mix it together with the strained alcohol.
- 11Pour the lemoncello into bottles.
Ingredients
- 10 lemons
- 2.5 cups grain alcohol
- vodka
- 2.5 cups sugar
- 6 cups water
Equipment
mason jarjarKool-Aid containersfancy bottles
Tips
- You can always substitute the grain alcohol with vodka.
- Place the jar in a cold dark place for 30 days.
- Continuously stir until the water and sugar mixture becomes a clear syrup.
- Allow the simple syrup to cool before mixing with the alcohol.