Limoncello Raspberry Float

Name: Limoncello Raspberry Float
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 servings Lemon peel twist, garnish; 12 organic lemons; 2 scoops raspberry sorbet, divided; 170 grams sparkling water or enough to top off, divided; 710 milliliters sugar; 2 scoops vanilla ice cream, divided; 1 liter 100 proof-vodka; 946 milliliters water

Limoncello Raspberry Float might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe covers 19% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains about 9g of protein, 9g of fat, and a total of 2642 calories. This recipe serves 2. If you have lemon peel twist, water, raspberry sorbet, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 5 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and fodmap friendly diet.

Instructions

Fill 2 glasses with 1 scoop of sorbet and 1 scoop of vanilla ice cream each.

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Vanilla Ice Cream

Sorbet

Pour 3 ounces of limoncello into each glass and top off with about 3 ounces of sparkling water to create your float.

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Sparkling Water

Limoncello

Garnish with lemon twist.

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Lemon

Wash the lemons thoroughly. Using a peeler, take off the skins being careful not to get any of the white lemon "pith" onto your peelings or it will add bitterness to your limoncello.

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Limoncello

Lemon

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Peeler

Place peels into a large wide-mouth jar with all the vodka. Seal tightly.

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Vodka

Place the jar in a cool, dry place for 2 to 3 weeks. Shake the jar to remix everything everyday or so. You will notice the color of the liquid changing to yellow as the peels lose their color.

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Shake

After 1 week, dissolve the sugar completely with the water by heating it on the stove in a large saucepan.

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Sugar

Water

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Sauce Pan

Stove

Let simple syrup cool to room temperature. Strain the lemon peels from the alcohol and discard.

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Simple Syrup

Alcohol

Lemon

Mix the alcohol with the simple syrup. At this point you can serve it right away or pour the alcohol into a bottle with the simple syrup and place in the freezer to chill. Once chilled it becomes thick and syrupy.

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Simple Syrup

Alcohol