Lemoncello - what do I do with it?

[meltedmarsbars]

I have an unopened bottle of this stuff here. What do I do with it?

Drink it neat?
Does it need some kind of mixer?
Can I cook with it?

I have never tasted it in my short sweet life!

Put it in the freezer and drink a shot of it as an after dinner drink

it is lovely

Ooh it's lovely!

V v sweet though

Drink it as a liqueur

Or pour over ice-cream maybe?

Is it some kind of sickly stuff then? Can I out it in a pudding?

Any recipes? (Should this be in "receipes" section?)

AAARGH! RECIPES

i only ever drink it

you could probably use it in puddings but it is very sticky and sweet with a hint of lemon

I (sort of) made some of this for Christmas presents and had some left over. Can recommend keeping it in the freezer and dribbling some over lemon sorbet. Hic!

Yep, Nigella Lawson's Anglo Italian trifle is delicious! I made it for Christmas Day. It does need eating quite quickly or it becomes very alcoholic tasting. I bought Limoncello specifically for the trifle.

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It's delicious... I replaced the blackberries with frozen summer fruits as blackberries not exactly seasonal in December!

Dinster - you made it !?!

To be drunk in shot glasses at the end of a good night out!

Add it to the syrup that gets drizzled over Mars' lemon drizzle cake of course!

Keep in freezer; drink as liquor

I use it in Nigellas Anglo Italian Trifle too - it is yummy.

If you just whisk a few spoonfuls into some mascarpone it is lovely over fruit.

I have had my bottle for a couple of years - it takes forever to use.

You can add lemonade or soda water to make it a long drink.

Drink!
DRINK!
DRINK!
DRRRRRIIIINK!

But never, ever. Ever. And I cannot stress this enough. Ever. Ever. Drink it after a big night out because your friends have come home with you and you have no other alcohol in the house.
unless you wish to look like this

or, yeah, you could just put in in trifle or something. yeah. Probab;ly best just do that.

Mix it with vodka and beaten up egg whites and have a sorbetto.

And to add to MollyRoger's dire warning, do not knock the bottle onto the floor as you run to the loo to be because it is the stickiest liquid in the world and the stain never comes out your carpet.

I'm making some at the moment, so I'm watching this thread with interest. Just put the zest of lemons into vodka to infuse for a few days, then I think I make a syrup and mix. Doesn't seem too tricky.

Funnily enough, I made a kind of lemon cordial with all the left-over juice. I decided to stir some into my gin and tonic and it was a lovely gin and bitter lemon!

drinbk it neat and very cold after a meal. pretend you are in tuscany.

drink it neat and ONLY ice cold.

if it is cheap shite it will be very very very sweet and rank.

if it is nice stuff, it will smell of lemon peel as soon as you open it and although it will still be sweet it won't be too sweet!

i would definitely consider saving it for summer though...or at least a sunny day!

Right, will put it back in the cupboard until sunnier weather!

Thank you all!

zuppa inglesias (sp??)

I would bin it. Can't bear the stuff.

Isn't zuppa inglese just Custard?