"blake murphy" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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> On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:39:39 +0200, "Giusi" >
> wrote:
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>>>>Yes. Use more lemon peel and steep shorter time and there's less chance
>>>>of
>>>>it being bitter. I was unhappy with mine until I got the recipe from my
>>>>hardware store guy's wife. One liter of alcohol, 10 lemons' peels, 8
>>>>days.
>>>>Then strain, add the simple syrup and let age for at least 20 days, but
>>>>longer may be better.
>>>
>>> i've added this to my note, guisi. thank you.
>>>
>>> your pal,
>>> blake
>>
>>Da niente, Blake. She says use syrup made with one liter of water.
>
> is that a liter of 1:1 sugar syrup with one liter of the steeped vodka
> and one liter of unsteeped vodka? i used 1 cup to half a .75 liter
> batch. (my calculations seem weak today, but that seems like much
> less. it's not at all sweet.)
>
> your pal,
> blake

It is 1 liter of water and 1 kg of sugar (2.2 pounds) cooked together for
3-4 minutes. That is the syrup for 1 liter of alcohol soaked peels of 10
lemons. We can buy 95% pure alcohol at the supermarket and that's what we
use. I think the closest thing in the US in Everclear?

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