Limoncello Sorrento

 

Truth be told, our recipe selection process is usually driven by necessity and expediency, (i.e. “What can we serve for dinner this week?” or “Yikes, 15 people are coming over for Thanksgiving in 3 days!”). However, back in December we had a lot of lemons and felt the need to shake things up a bit, to depart from seasonal turkeys and eggnog and the daily in-the-trenches cooking. With an eye toward Spring and the bright colors and fresh flavors that come with it, we decided to make limoncello. Clearly, this is not a recipe for the entire family, but rather one that takes the adults, at least, back to a simpler time, before consuming responsibilities and crazy schedules rendered the casual sippping of an after dinner drink completely out of the question.