Photo Friday (vol. LXII) [Limoncello edition]

Some of you may recall a Photo Friday from last December where I shared pretty pictures of our lemon tree dripping with ripe lemons... and wrote about my plans to use this home grown fruit to make a batch of Limoncello*. 

Well guess what?  The Limoncello is finally ready!!!

It has been sitting in an out-of-the-way spot on our house slowly getting better and better... until finally it was practically begging to be strained and bottled.

This is what it looked like with all the Limoncello and lemon zest all mixed up together:

I tied a piece of clean cloth over the spigot inside the big holding vat and started pouring it off into whatever containers I had around the house:

Once all the Limoncello was poured out, all that remained was a fragrant pile of lemon zest:

One of my helpers couldn't resist tasting some of the zest and pronounced it delicious.  She packed a bunch of it into a jar in the 'fridge, and I may have to make a batch of chocolate covered [Über-alcoholic] lemon zest next week.  'Waste not want not' I always say...

Anyway... here is the result of many months of patience (less one bottle that was already given as a gift to a close friend for recent assistance above and beyond the call of neighbors).  All that remains for us to do is to buy some pretty bottles and have my talented wife design up some labels:

Oh, and for the uninitiated...one keeps Limoncello in the freezer so it is always ready to be served ice cold.

That's it for today.  Shabbat Shalom.

* Limoncello Recipe courtesy of my blogdaughter (and high school classmate) Weese and her lovely wife.