Homemade Liquors
Does anyone here make their own liquors? If so, would you please post them so we can give them a try! Here is my recipe for Kahlua: 1 quart water 3 cups sugar 10 tablespoons instant coffee S...
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Lemoncello
10 lemons - peal skin only (zest), no white . Use a zester or your grater. (A zester works best.)
1 liter pure spirit (95%) Everclear - You could use vodka but would need to use about 3 pints and cut down on water later.
Put lemon peel in spirit in non-reactive container. Leave for at least three weeks moving occasionally.
After three or more weeks - Take 3 pints of warm water* and dissolve two and a half pounds of sugar until clear. Allow to cool and then mix with lemon peel and spirit. (I used two pints of water.)
Leave for two weeks. Strain out peel and bottle. Put bottle in freezer for a few hours. It should come out like a syrup when pouring. Great after a meal.
It is supposed to settle your stomach after food, but is so easy to drink.
A good use for the lemons if you don't want to make juice. Cut off the ends and cut down middle then half the sides. Carefully put in freezer bags so that it is skin to flesh. Freeze. You now have lemons for your drinks that act like ice cubes, but won't dilute your drink.
* To eliminate any minerals or chemicals, etc., use DISTILLED WATER!
10 lemons - peal skin only (zest), no white . Use a zester or your grater. (A zester works best.)
1 liter pure spirit (95%) Everclear - You could use vodka but would need to use about 3 pints and cut down on water later.
Put lemon peel in spirit in non-reactive container. Leave for at least three weeks moving occasionally.
After three or more weeks - Take 3 pints of warm water* and dissolve two and a half pounds of sugar until clear. Allow to cool and then mix with lemon peel and spirit. (I used two pints of water.)
Leave for two weeks. Strain out peel and bottle. Put bottle in freezer for a few hours. It should come out like a syrup when pouring. Great after a meal.
It is supposed to settle your stomach after food, but is so easy to drink.
A good use for the lemons if you don't want to make juice. Cut off the ends and cut down middle then half the sides. Carefully put in freezer bags so that it is skin to flesh. Freeze. You now have lemons for your drinks that act like ice cubes, but won't dilute your drink.
* To eliminate any minerals or chemicals, etc., use DISTILLED WATER!
