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Homemade Limoncello (Limoncello Fatto in Casa) vs Granizado de Limón (Spanish Lemon Slushie)

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Two questions, two answers

Same ingredients?
50%ingredients in common
Same technique?
No
Homemade LimoncelloBrewed & distilledGranizado de LimónCold cooler

Both drinks are built on lemon, but they draw on different parts of the fruit. Limoncello uses only the yellow zest, steeped for weeks in 95% grain alcohol, then sweetened with a cooled sugar syrup and aged into a strong, aromatic liqueur served ice-cold from the freezer. Granizado de Limón relies on fresh juice stirred into syrup, frozen and scraped repeatedly with a fork until it turns light, flaky and tart. One is slowly sipped, the other eaten immediately, with mint only as an optional garnish.

Prep time, calories & servings

Homemade Limoncello (Limoncello Fatto in Casa)
25 min
A relaxed effort
170 kcal
Light bite
36 servings
Feeds a crowd
Granizado de Limón (Spanish Lemon Slushie)
10 min
Ready in a flash
210 kcal
Nicely balanced
4 servings
Great for the family

What they have in common

What's different

Only in Homemade Limoncello (Limoncello Fatto in Casa)
  • Pure grain alcohol
Only in Granizado de Limón (Spanish Lemon Slushie)
  • Mint

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