This post is practically a Public Service Announcement. With the Early Spring we've been having in the Northern Hemisphere, you need to get cracking and make your Limoncello for summer. It needs 40 days to sit and steep, so now's a really good time to get going.
I was gifted a bottle at Christmas, made by a young and handsome Italian fellow, (boyfriend of one of my favorite girls) (thanks Eugene). I was quite smitten with it. I tried to get him to spill the Secret Recipe, but he was perhaps a little guarded. Cryptic instructions, vague measurements and iffy details, forced me to search for the written word. Here's a RECIPE if you would like to try. I was thinking it would make great summer hostess and birthday gifts for the drinkers in your life.
To serve my Limoncello, I am using my tiny Bonne Maman jam jars. The waiter at the Bellagio Hotel in Vegas didn't even notice I was eating 8 a day at breakfast. My suitcase home was nearing the overweight allowance in petite jars of preserves alone. Mise over the the blog PRETTY FAR WEST is a huge fan of Bonne Maman jars of both sizes. Please note, these are the miniature 1 oz jars....Limoncello is made with 100% proof vodka..you really don't want to use your large jars.
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Ummmm....yummy! I may need to make these to sip in my sunroom on my new sofa! Lol!
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My husband makes this in the basement, and it is always a big hit!
ReplyDeleteHmmm, I've never had limoncello...now you have me interested :)
ReplyDeletehahahaha the image of you hoarding jars at the B! Thanks for the early am laugh....and this is the same wonderful girl who picked out orange boots! <3
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Hello from a fellow Bon Madam jar hoarder .. all the way down at the bottom of the world !!
ReplyDeleteLimoncello.. hmm... haven't had any in ages, thanks for the reminder.
besitos, C
Bon Maman ... sorry ... too much cafe con leche :)
ReplyDeleteHope you save some for when we come visit! E will be so happy to hear you made some :)
ReplyDeleteThe last time I ordered a Limoncello in Italy, the waitress whispered in my ear, "It is a drink for ladies, Sir."
ReplyDeleteThose small Bonne Maman jars are so beguiling, Chania, aren't they, and this is a perfect use for them.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to read that recipe and make my Limoncello first thing tomorrow because I've read Tom's comment and I am a lady.
Oh that sounds very refreshing!
ReplyDeleteSound like a summer porch treat for my daughter and me . . .
ReplyDeleteChania, thank you beautiful friend for your beautiful comment on my new find... 6 drawer chest!
ReplyDeleteI am so enjoying all that I can do with this piece, and do plan to hold onto it for it is a piece that romances the flea market blend of rickity pieces in a more farmhouse style. I do have to get use to its dramatic detailing because of being so use to my cleaner lines in a more rustic french feel :) but as the days go by I am falling more and more in love with the piece.
Now for your Making of Limoncello this is the drink they drink in the movie "Under The Tuscan Sun" I so love Limoncello and I am going to try this myself, it the waiting game that gets to me ugh! But I do have some French lemonage bottles with wire sealers that will charm the making of Limoncello! :)
I will keep you posted...By the way you are so cute on toeing those little jelly jars home with you, I know I sure would.
Thank you dear friend for sharing your Limoncello.
Have an inspiring weekend to come.
xoxo
Dore
Just discovered your blog through another... it's wonderful! Love your style... new follower -
ReplyDeleteOh I am on this! I never think of doing this but you are so right....what a great hostess gift during the summer! Chania you are so good at gift giving.
ReplyDeleteThis made me laugh - I am a fellow Bonne Maman jar hoarder - only it's the big ones that are my fix (I have stacks of them waiting for the day that I DO actually make that chutney with my apples...) This sounds like a perfect use for them - I realise that you said that the LARGER jars were inadvisable - but hey, perhaps I can serve them a deux - with straws! x
ReplyDeletep.s. in response to your lovely message on my blog - yes, Clementine Rose is an utterly gorgeous name! x
ReplyDeleteChania, thanks for "hooking" up. So happy you are enjoying the photos ... I am sure you do miss coming up this way, but how nice you are still able to from time to time. Wave when you are going by .... "Just Me"
ReplyDeleteLooks delicious! I love the lil gingham tops they are soooo cute!
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