Thanks Gloria will try as now lemons are also falling off the trees
and buckets arriving as well as oranges (another 8 when I arrived home )
Sheesh talk about being bitten by the barter bug

gloria.p wrote:
> Phil-c wrote:
>> Have far too many oranges
>>
>>
>>
>> Also considering trying to make own cointreau
>>
>> Looking for something people here have actually done rather than links
>> that no one has actually used .
>
> It's not Cointreau and it doesn't take a huge amount, but try this
> recipe with orange instead of the lemon. I made it with clementines
> a few months ago and we loved it.
>
>
> Limoncello de Capri
>
> Take the grated zest (NO white pith!) from ~8 lemons and soak in 1 liter
> Everclear for 4 days at room temp. A microplane grater works well for
> this. (I think I used 15 clementines.)
>
> On the 4th day, mix 1 kg sugar with 1 liter water, simmer till
> dissolved, then cool. Once sugar mixture is cool, combine with
> Everclear/lemon mixture and mix well.
>
> Let sit 5 minutes, then strain out the lemon zest. Keep refrigerated or
> frozen, serve cold. Other citrus fruits may be substituted for lemons.
> Clementines are wonderful! I bet grapefruit would be delicious, too.
>
> Recipe may be easily scaled up or down as desired.
>
> Note: If you make this with vodka instead of Everclear, it will be
> slightly bitter, perhaps because some of the bitter compounds in the
> rind may be water soluble in the lower proof vodka.