Sunday, June 10, 2007
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- Name: Camper English
- Location: San Francisco, California, US
I'm a freelance writer of nightlife, spirits, trends, and fitness topics, and the author of Party Like a Rock Star: Even When You're Poor as Dirt.
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7 Comments:
It looks good though, as you said. What were the ingredients?
It does look very nice, what did you try putting in it? Is that muddled mint?
I'm embarrassed to say... But it's just limoncello with muddled mint and dry vermouth. It's better than it sounds, but still not good. It's too sweet, though the mint helps. Don't try this at home, kids!
I should try it with cranberry juice, but then it becomes really obvious that I'm trying to bury the sweetness of the limoncello into a cosmo-style drink.
I'm so tempted to make some. Are you rethinking the recipe, or should I dive in using June 9ths post as a guide?
In pondering lemon, I'd love to try something like this:
1.5oz Limoncello
1.5oz Pimms No. 1
Muddled strawberries and cucumber
Shaken
Topped with soda water
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I think a lot of the problem is that limoncello is usually consumed on its own, rather than used as a cocktail ingredient. Wouldn't citron vodka and simple syrup (or triple sec) accomplish about the same thing?
I think if I were doing it right, I'd enjoy the limoncello right out of the fridge. Next time I will probably cut the sugar in the syrup part of the recipe in half. Because I am averse to too much sugar (in which case I shouldn't be drinking liqueurs on their own...) I didn't put much syrup in it, and thus my limoncello was higher proof than it should be.
Or I suppose I could just add some water. In fact I'm going to do that now.
Update! When I went back to add water, it turns out I didn't need to. In the 24 hours or so it sat in the fridge the flavors mellowed and now it's quite tasty. No more mixing it for me!
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