The true essence of the magical Sorrento is its Limoncello.
One of the liqueurs known all over the world for its taste, colour and fragrance of typical Sorrento lemons.
The king of the original recipe of Limoncello is the yellow and wrinkled lemon skin. This is how limoncello is born, from a sober and genuine recipe, enriched by water, alcohol and spoons of sugar. The main ingredient of the limoncello recipe is just the peel: the rind is rich in essential oils and has an aroma much deciding.
With few healthy ingredients, the limoncello it can comfortably be prepared also from home. It takes around eighty days. In fact, according to the traditional prescription, limoncello must macerate for more than two months.
Famous for the spectacular landscapes of the Gulf of Naples that can be admired from its terraces, Sorrento is also rich in history and art. The best way to see it is a leisurely walk among shopping streets in the historical centres, through alleys filled with local shops, maybe stopping to taste a glass of limoncello.
But know you who invented the Limoncello?
The history of the original recipe of limoncello bends through a series of anecdotes and legends. Its paternity is competed by Sorrento, Amalfi and Capri.
In Amalfi, there’s even who believes that the liquor has older origins, almost linked to lemon cultivation.
Someone believes that limoncello was used in the morning by fishermen and countrymen to fight the cold, since the invasion periods. Others, instead, believe that the recipe was born inside a monastic convent to delight the monks from prayer to prayer.
Maybe, we’ll never know the truth.
We can only visit the beautiful Sorrento and taste a glass of Limoncello.
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