Instant Pot Limoncello

This Italian lemon based alcoholic drink is perfect for every summer party and its fresh flavor will immediately take you to a sunny beach!

I remember how a few years ago I mixed 1 bottle of vodka with lemon peels and wait for 30 days till the Limoncello was ready.

So the traditional process to make it is very long, but I like to speed it up using a pressure cooker to have a cold refreshing drink anytime some guests are coming.

Important: Heating Vodka at high pressure is not 100% safe, since the alcoholic vapor can ignite both inside and out the Instant Pot. So please note that your are making it on your own responsibility.

Instant Pot Limoncello

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Course: Drinks

Cuisine: Italian

Keyword: lemons, Limoncello, Vodka

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes

Servings: 3

Ingredients

• ▢ 4 organic lemons
• ▢ 2 ½ cups vodka
• ▢ 2 ½ cups water
• ▢ 1 ½ cup suger
• ▢ 2 mason jars

Instructions

• Peel your lemons taking just the yellow part. Try avoid the white part, which is bitter.
• Place the peels inside the jars.
  
• Pour Vodka into the jars (they shall be ¾ filled).
  
• Close the jars with their lids.
  
• Pour 1 cup water into your Instant Pot, then place the steamer rack inside.
• Place your jars on the streamer rack.
  
• Cook at high pressure for 30 minutes.
  
• In the meantime, heat water in a saucepan and slowly add the sugar while stirring, in order to make a syrup.
• Once cooking time ends, let the steam release naturally for as long as it takes (don’t speed up this part of the process for safety reasons!).
• Let your jars cool at the room temperature.
• Open the jars and remove the lemon peels.
• Pour your sugar syrup into the jars.
• Keep the limoncello in the fridge or on the freezer. Serve cold of course 🙂