{"id":75,"date":"2011-12-29T19:28:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-29T19:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/?p=75"},"modified":"2011-12-29T19:28:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-29T19:28:00","slug":"limencello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/?p=75","title":{"rendered":"Limencello"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I have discovered that I love Lemon Drops.\u00a0 After seeing an article in a magazine about Limencello, then watching Giada make it on one of her shows, I thought I’d give it a shot.\u00a0 Although it is not technically a Lemon Drop, but more of an Italian lemon liqueur, it still has that great lemony taste I was after.\u00a0 It is super yummy added to iced tea and lemonade and makes a great hostess gift.\u00a0 If you are going to serve it as a mock Lemon Drop, first rim the martini glasses with lemon juice then dip in (Suzanne’s brilliant idea) crushed up Lemonhead candies.\u00a0 Then shake up the Limencello with some ice and strain into the glasses.\u00a0 With only 4 ingredients (including water), it is super easy (lemon peasy) to make.\u00a0 Here’s what you need to start off with:<\/p>\n

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10 Lemons
1 (750ml) bottle of Vodka<\/p>\n

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Using a vegetable peeler, remove the peel only (not the white pith) from the lemons and place in a 2 quart pitcher.\u00a0 Pour in the entire bottle of vodka.\u00a0 Cover with plastic wrap and let the peels steep for 4 days at room temperature.<\/p>\n

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After the 4 days of steeping, make a simple syrup by stirring 3-1\/2 C. water and 2-1\/2 C. sugar in a large saucepan over medium heat until the sugar is dissolved.\u00a0 Cool completely.\u00a0 Pour the cooled simple syrup into the vodka\/lemon peel mixture.\u00a0 Cover the pitcher and let stand at room temperature overnight.<\/p>\n

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Strain the Limencello through a mesh strainer and discard the peels.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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Using a funnel, fill pretty bottles with the finished Limencello.\u00a0 Seal the bottles and refrigerate at least 4 hours and up to 1 month.<\/p>\n

I made fresh squeezed lemonade with all of the peeled lemons by juicing them, adding simple syrup (recipe above) and enough water to make the right concentration..<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have discovered that I love Lemon Drops.\u00a0 After seeing an article in a magazine about Limencello, then watching Giada make it on one of her shows, I thought I’d give it a shot.\u00a0 Although it is not technically a Lemon Drop, but more of an Italian lemon liqueur, it still has that great lemony<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frugalchicks.nwlens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}