Comments on: Limoncello with One Mint Leaf – Review of Batch #13

By: tommy

tommy — Wed, 05 May 2010 12:07:59 +0000

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By: Massimo

Massimo — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:15:41 +0000

Hello ,
im fom canada and i also do my own Limocello .Heres my recipe :

750 ml of grain alcool
1.5 Litre of water
500 gr of sugar

Let the zest stay in as long possible with the alcool.

I usually do wit orange peel and the taste is great .
I am also trying lime . Same recipe except the fact that i had the grain alcool sit in some mint for an hourto take the color and the zest….i might have to put more sugar for this one tough .

Keep me posted.
MAssimo

By: FarSide

FarSide — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:05:10 +0000

I wonder if you might get more mint flavor if you added the leaf to boiling water while you make your simple syrup? Mint flavoring comes out very nice when you make a tea from it, although you will likely get a more brownish color to it. I’ve heard the mint flavor breaks down if you boil too long, but for making syrup it likely wouldn’t be an issue (if that’s even true)
- FS

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:00:28 +0000

@ Rich, others have made the same observation and for that reason I’ll soon be acquiring a food scale so I can do just that. It is a much better way than counting lemons.

@ RadiatedAnt, thanks for reading and the blueberry sounds delicious. I’ve been meaning to add blueberry to a batch sooner or later. It seems like such a natural compliment to the lemon flavor.

By: RadiatedAnt

RadiatedAnt — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:59:33 +0000

Hi Ben! I’ve been following your website and have become a fan, I’m following your batch #13 recipe… well sort of (everything except I added blueberries to my simple syrup) so it’s not exactly limoncello but more of a “Baron”Cello I’ve filtered my rectified grain alcohol 5x, filtered out my simple syrup with non bleached coffee filters to get rid of the berry bits so now I have this lovely violet syrup. I kind of lost some in a spill about 4 ounces after filtering and my little accident I suppose. I will redo the syrup in it’s plain form, weigh it and add back the missing ounces into my blueberry syrup. I can’t wait to try it out! Oh I bought a Pur filter since it says it filters twice as good as brita* as of 2008/02 etcetera. Thanks again for your imput!

By: Rich

Rich — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:31:34 +0000

Hi, I’m looking into making limoncello for the first time, and this site seems like the right place to be. You appear to be taking a pretty scientific approach here (which I definitely appreciate!), so I am curious why you measure the zest by the number of lemons it comes from, rather than by weight. I would think you’d get a much more consistent/predictable result if you targeted a particular weight of zest and just zested as many lemons as needed to get there. Lemons come in pretty large variety of sizes, particularly if you’re getting them right off the tree, as I am.

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:21:33 +0000

Thanks, I’m glad the site is helping! I filter the liquor to make the end product smoother and I think it’s one of the most impactful things you can do to make limoncello smoother, especially if you’re using grain alcohol instead of vodka.

I make changes to the recipe to alter the time it takes to make a batch. I’ll often allow the infusion to rest with the simple syrup in the bottle after final filtration. I haven’t noticed much if any difference doing it that way and it saves time.

By: Katie

Katie — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:45:19 +0000

Your blog is so informative and helpful! I am in the process of making my first batch of limoncello and am excited to continue experimenting.

You mention in each of your posts that you filter your liquor before mixing it with the lemon peels. I didn’t do this in my first batch, but am curious as to your reasoning for doing so? How does it affect the final product?

Also, I notice that you let the liquor and peels rest for a little over one month. Do you allow the infused liquor and syrup mixture to rest as well? I just mixed my vodka with the simple syrup last night and am wondering how long I need to let that rest, if at all.

Thanks so much!