Lucullian delights
Ilva, this is my absolute favorite drink!! I usually stock up when I go to Sorrento - I still have a reserve bottle left. I tried making it when I was back in the States but it didn't come out great (cant buy grain alcohol in California) - so I'm looking forward to trying your recipe out here. 
I make something similar we call Cherry Bounce (but without the milk). It's just sour cherries and sugar in vodka. Let it sit for about a month, strain it and it's ready to drink. Very sweet and good! I wonder what your's tastes like?
I've seen this on so many blogs. With lemon it just has to be goodl
mention limoncello and you certainly have my attention......WOW !!!
I'm used to your great photos now, but that bottle top jerked me right out of my usual nodding and smiling approval. It's simply great.
i have this drink with my italian side of the family every year during the holidays. i never knew how to make it because i don't live close by to them. your blog has opened up many family recipes that have been mysteries to me for years.
You are a wonder woman!
All this good food, and now Limoncello. I'm floored.
Thank you and pedestrian-minestrone-and-pizza-today greetings from Vienna!
Ilva - how long will this keep in the refrigerator? Surely it won't keep at room temp with the dairy in it. I suppose other cream-of drinks like Bailey's must have some kind of stabilizer in it to keep the milk or cream from spoiling.
Ilva, I'm so glad to know I can make my own limoncello!
Tks for sharing!
Sara-Oh, so you just have to make it here. I hope it's the right recipe for you, if not you just change the amount of sugar!
Sally-That sounds good!
Tanna-Lemon is a winner!
doodles-aha, good to know!
Judith-Thanks, you are so nice to stop and tell me!
Linda-wow, that makes me feel good!
Merisi-I'll tell my family that when they complain about me! Ha-I'm a wonderwoman!
Carolyn-The magazine actually says to keep it in the freezer and maybe that's the best thing to do if you don't drink it up quickly! I'm going to add it to the post.
Patricia-yes and it ususally is much better tasting if you make it yourself!
i am de-lurking for this one! i enjoy your spot here, and this looks great...i have been wanting to try limoncello for some time, just needed a recipe! thanks!
I can almost smell those lemons.
Next time they complain, have them watch the movie "Montevideo", a wonderful black-and-white movie, with a story-line similar to "Pane e Tulipani", but with a very different ending. Very different. They won't complain ever again! ))
merisi-oh, now I'm curious! Does she fly off into the sunset? Or does she devour her family?
Ilva, I've always wanted to make my own limoncello, a drink which I love, but over here in Australia we can't buy alcohol to the proof you have over in Italy. Thanks for the recipe. I wonder if vodka would be a suitable substitute?
oh no! why did you tell me that this divine drink is cream too! Lemon-cello will never be the same...nor will I!
Steven-In Sweden you can't get hold of it either but if you know a student of dentistry or medicine or even better a doctor, you can usually get hold of the alcohol anyway. Here in Italy they sell it in the supermarkets... Try with the strongest vodka you can get and tell me what happens, it should work ok I think! UPDATED: check out Anita's comment below!
corey-you mean that you didn't know that??!! It's great to see that life holds a lot of surprises for you...
95% ABV?! Wow. The highest proof we get here in the States is 150-ish for pure grain alcohol (aka "everclear").
I actually prefer to infuse with 100-proof vodka -- which I had to use when I lived in another state where 101 was the maximum legal proof -- and even 80-proof vodka or grappa works in a pinch.
If you use a lesser strength base, remember that you'll need to add less water (for limoncello) or milk (for crema) to reach the desired strength of alcohol. If you dilute it too much, it will may not keep properly.
I would never have thought to freeze a cream liqueur -- does it not curdle?
Anita-Thanks for the info! I have no idea what happens but I don't think so! We'll see...
Somehow I missed this. I love limoncello and make my own with vodka because I can't get the Italian "alcool etilico" here. I'm going to have to make a new batch as "crema" because I know I'm really going to like it. It reminds me of a recipe I have for "latte di vecchia". I'm going to look it up, maybe it's the same thing??
anna maria-I have never heard of that so please tell me what it is!
It's made with milk, ethyl acohol, sugar, vanilla bean and a whole leomon. It's my grandmother's or great aunt's recipe, I think.
If you send me your email, I'll send you the whole recipe.
Hi, i make a wicked limoncello cream in Italy, but i live in London uk, does anybody know how to get 95% alcohol in the uk?
do you need special permits, licences?
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