Kitrón (greek Lemon Liquor From Naxos)

Total Time: 288 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 288 hrs

Ingredients

• 3 lemons, organic
• 1 lime, organic
• 2 1/2 cups ouzo
• 1 3/4 ounces sugar
• 1/3 cup water

Recipe

• 1 wash lemons and lime under ho water.
• 2 thinly peel them, avoiding the part of the peel because it would make the liquor bitter.
• 3 place the peel in a glass bottle or jar, fill in the ouzo, seal the bottle and let stand in a cool lace for 12 days, shaking the bottle every now and then.
• 4 on day 13, heat water and sugar, bring to a rolling boil and boil for 3 minutes, then let cool completely.
• 5 slowly pour ouzo from the bottle through a sieve lined with cheese cloth into a clean jar, then mix with sugar syrup and fill into a clean bottle.
• 6 the liquor will keep forever in the unlikely case that you don't drink it -- .