This may sound like a lame Saturday night to some, but for me it’s a little piece of relaxing heaven. The Olympics are on TV, or at least on my DVR, my two boxers are laying with me on the couch and I have a glass of my homemade clemencello.
What is clemencello?
I am so glad you asked. It is similar to limoncello but with clementines instead of lemons. I had some at a wine tasting a few years ago and decided to try to make my own.
So how did I do it? I googled a bunch of recipes for limoncello and clemencello and then set forth on my dessert liquor adventure. The outcome: delicioso! So how did I do it?
I found a glass container with a tight lid. My bottle happened to be a recently emptied bottle of peppermint schnapps (it goes quick in the winter when paired with hot cocoa). I then figured out how many cups it held. I accomplished this by simply filling the bottle then pouring out the liquid in measuring cups. My bottle held 6 cups. After cleaning the clementines, I used a peeler and took only the skin of the clementines and put the peels into the bottle. Then I filled the bottle half full with 3 cups of Skyy vodka. Next, I combined 3 cups of water and 1 cup of sugar in a saucepan on medium. I squeezed the juice out of the clementines into the water mixture as the sugar was dissolving. Once the sugar had completely dissolved, I added the mixture to the bottle, put the cap on and then put the bottle in a dark cupboard. I’m not sure why it had to be in a dark cupboard but that’s what some recipes said so I did.
Then I completely forgot that I had made it. It was in some dark cupboard hidden behind the tupperware, until last weekend. My sister was searching for some lid or bottom and found this odd looking bottle and pulled it out. In all, it was probably in the cupboard for 6 weeks. A quick taste test revealed it sat for lunch enough and was ready! It is quite delicious and sweet, fulfilling two different types of cravings
If you like limoncello, I would highly recommend trying clemencello, it is not difficult and it well worth the wait.
Posted on February 14, 2010
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