If life gives you lemons.. make limoncello!

Because I really don't know why anyone would choose to make lemonade if you can just as easily make limoncello! So because life has certainly been giving me some lemons lately,.. Lets put on Fools Gardens 'Lemon tree', sing along as loud as you can and start peeling those lemons! :)

You'll only need the yellow outer layer of the lemons (the white underneath is bitter and the rest of the lemon obviously tastes sour.) So first of all, make sure you use organic lemons because you dont want to make limoncello out of pesticides and yellow paint. ;)

Ingrediënts (to make 2,5 liters of Limoncello)
6 lemons
1 liter alcohol (95%)
900 grams of sugar
1 liter water

So peel the lemons as thin as you can and add the alcohol. (As you can see I made twice as much Limoncello, but if you do something you'll have to do it right ;)
Now you'll have to be patient. Leave it in a jar for a week, in which the alcohol has taken on a beautiful yellow colour.








After a week of waiting, boil the water with the sugar and add the lemon-alcohol mix. Put it through a sieve, bottle it and again.. wait.. and let it rest for 2 weeks. And then Finally you can drink it! :)






Or you can use your limoncello to make a Scroppino with a twist! Because summer finally decided to show its face! So add some home made limoncello to the classic mix of wodka, lemon sorbet ice-cream and prosecco and Enjoy summer!