Limoncello Recipe. Limoncello While searching for a good recipe for Limoncello, I found a lot of conflicting information.
Some recipes use vodka, others use grain alcohol (without specifying the potency, which varies) and others even used rum! The alcohol-to-water-to-sugar ratios also varied widely, and it made me wonder if people had typos in the recipes, or were just posting a recipe they had never even tasted! So I started with the premise that grain alcohol will extract the most lemon oil and flavor from lemon zest. Then I adjusted the water and sugar levels until I had a recipe where I liked the potency and the sweetness balances the tartness of the lemon. Limoncello. Ice Ice Baby: 5 Creative Takes on the Ice Cube. While we’re all about staying hydrated and mixing up cocktails on the rocks, the ice cube business is hardly booming.
Where’s the fun in a plain old cube of frozen water? This recipe is as simple as finding a pair of ingredients you like, chopping them up, and dropping them in an ice cube tray. Plus if you’ve got herbs and fruits that are hanging on for dear life, this is a great way to get a little more out of them before they go bad. And if cubes aren’t your jam, check out our roundup of off-the-wall ice cube trays. Ingredients: - cucumbers and basil - fig and rosemary - lime and mint - lemon and honey - raspberries and blackberries - Tools: ice cube trays!
1. Dice up the cucumber and basil and place it in the tray. This combination is a great way to flavor up a glass of water or seltzer, but would also be delicious in a gin and tonic on a hot summer day. 2. Quarter your figs and pull of sprigs of rosemary off their stems. 3. Create a few wedges of lime, and then a round of tinier ones. Refreshing Drinks for a Lazy Summer Day (or Night) Cocktails Inspired by Evolutionary Stages of Pokémon. The sophisticated Pokémon trainer demands a beverage that will meet the needs of his or her discerning palate.
The Pokémon cocktails developed by the author(s) of the Drunken Moogle blog do just that, with a series that include three separate drinks inspired by each of the evolutionary stages of various pocket monsters. Each series begins with a shot, moves on to a midsize drink served in a tumbler, and then a highball-sized cocktail. It’s notable that each drink builds on the previous, so the Charmeleon contains the ingredients from the Charizard, and so on. The Charmander series looks particularly interesting, partly because it uses the truly excellent Fireball cinnamon whiskey, but also because you can light them on fire. See that weird blue haze above the shot glass? Read on below to get the recipes for this and other intriguing Pokémon cocktails, but remember: Pokémon masters always drink responsibly. (The Drunken Moogle via Geekologie)