Best Cranberry Limoncello Cosmo - Mighty Mrs | Super Easy Recipes (2024)

FAQs

What should limoncello be mixed with? ›

A Limoncello Spritz is made with just three key ingredients: Limoncello, Prosecco, and club soda. Together, they make a delicious co*cktail in no time! Prosecco: Prosecco is ideal for spritzes as it's typically lighter than other sparkling wines. Look for a dry Prosecco, labeled “brut” or “extra brut.”

Some replace the Rose's with 1/2 ounce fresh lime juice and 1/2 ounce simple syrup. An optional move is to frost the rim of the glass with sugar, à la the Sidecar. Another option is to add a dash of orange bitters, for an extra pop of flavor.

Alcohol content:

1.6 units of alcohol. 13.38% alc./vol. (26.76° proof)

Does one store it in the refrigerator or freezer? Limoncello does not require refrigeration for long-term storage. However, as is the tradition along the Amalfi Coast, we highly recommend chilling Fiore Limoncello either in the refrigerator or preferably in the freezer for several hours prior to serving.

Fill up a glass with ice. Pour 2 ounces of limoncello before adding 3 ounces of tonic water. Squeeze a lemon or lime wedge into the drink (optional).

Orange liqueur: I recommend Cointreau for the best cosmos! You can use Triple Sec, Cointreau, or Grand Marnier in our cosmopolitan recipe. Cointreau is a type of Triple Sec that tastes stronger and more complex. It's also smoother, so I love using it for cosmos.

Cosmopolitan co*cktails are a classic, elegant vodka co*cktail made famous by the ladies of Sex and the City! Not to sweet, not too tart, super quick to make made with cranberry juice, lime juice, vodka and cointreau. Serve this for elegant pre dinner drinks, to ring in the New Year or an evening in with the girls!

Blackberry Cosmopolitan: Replaces the cranberry juice with the juice from muddled blackberries. Rude Cosmopolitan: Substitute tequila for the vodka. Blueberry Pomegranate Cosmopolitan: Replaces the cranberry juice with pomegranate and muddled blueberries.

Limoncello and its ingredient pairings

Its dominant orange, lemon and citrus aromas can be paired with grapefruit, mango, black currant, blueberries, ginger, cinnamon, cheddar and triple sec.

Is limoncello good for your gut? ›

Limoncello on its own is categorized as a digestif liqueur, meaning it's meant to be sipped on its own after a meal to aid in digestion. This is how limoncello is commonly used in Italy—after a meal, people stay at the table, either after dessert or during dessert, sharing limoncello and toasting to good health.

Limoncello has about a 30% alcohol content so while it may jump start your digestive enzymes, it will also get you DRUNK.

The liqueur shouldn't leave your mouth puckered in discomfort, shouldn't smell of alcohol, and should always clearly display where the lemons are from on the bottle.

What Alcohol to Use? If you have the option, 100 proof vodka or even higher-proof grain alcohol is the very best to use for making limoncello. This will extract more and better lemon flavor from the peels, and makes a smoother, less cloying limoncello.

It can be sipped on its own as digestif, mixed into sparkling water, shaken or stirred into co*cktails, like limoncello with tequila, limoncello gin or mixed melon and limoncello sangria.

Limoncello has about a 30% alcohol content so while it may jump start your digestive enzymes, it will also get you DRUNK.

What Does Limoncello Taste Like? Limoncello is a very sweet liqueur with an intense flavor of lemons. It lacks the tartness of lemon juice and is more like a spiked, highly-concentrated, citrus-flavored syrup that's very delicious.

Lemon oil is a carminative, which is why limoncello is categorized as a digestif liqueur—it aids in digestion, especially after diving into a big meal (see more on this below). Because lemon is a citrus fruit, it's packed with Vitamin C.