Limoncello

Dessert

Cooking without waste

Ingredients

the peels of 5-6 lemons, 60-70 g of sugar, one liter of 90-proof alcohol.

Preparation

Macerate the lemon zest for seven days in an airtight jar containing the alcohol, ensuring the white pith is carefully removed.

Dissolve the sugar in one and a half liters of water over heat and, once cooled, mix it with the alcohol after straining out the peels.

Let the limoncello rest for two or three days; it will appear yellow or green depending on the lemons used.

half an hour, plus maceration and cooling