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Homemade Lemon Extract




Source of Recipe


David


Recipe Introduction


Homemade Lemon Extract (they call it Lemon Aperritif)


List of Ingredients




4 or 5 lemons, pick really fresh nice ones, cut in quarters
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups vodka





Recipe





Soak the whole lemons in very hot water for 10 minutes.

Dry and cut in quarters, over a bowl or plate to catch the juice. Put the quarters into a wide mouth canning jar. Simmer the vodka and the sugar in a sauce pan for a few minutes. Pour hot vodka/sugar mixture over the lemons.

Use a long thin knife to loosen any trapped air bubbles in and around the lemons. Put lid on jar. Put jar in refrigerator for 4 to 6 weeks. Use in cakes, fruit salad, salad dressing, etc.

Now, the original recipe says to use a vanilla bean, cut in half lengthwise.

To push it down into the jar after you have poured on the vodka/sugar mixture. I did that the first time I made this and will never do it again.

It is much better, in my opinion, without the vanilla bean.