Message 25538 of 39188 in General Discussion

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> > I'd steer clear of the microplane or any other grater for this 
> > operation.  Think of it this way: while your grating the fruit, and 
> > 
> > the room fills with that wonderful lemonny aroma, know in your bones 
> > 
> > that none of what you smell will land in your booze.  

myers,

I don't find this to be the case, either.

If anything the finely grated zest allows more of the oil to be expressed into 
your mixture.  This last time I made it using a microplane I had so much oil 
that some of it precipitated out and floated on top of the solution.  I was 
distressed by this until I saw some of the home made style limoncellos at an 
Italian specialty spirits shop were the same.

-Erik