La Dolce Vita

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La Dolce Vita
(a life that is full of pleasure and luxury)

By Dahnini or Dahnitini
Spirits Alchemist
Bon Devant
© 2023, all rights reserved.

It is officially summer. How apropos would it be for a popular Italian drink, a Limoncello Spritz! With or without alcohol, let’s do this!  👍

Non-alcohol Limoncello Spritz

The traditional Limoncello Spritz is a delightful combination of limoncello, prosecco, and club soda that will transport you to an Italian lemon grove. Add some mint and lemon slices for color, and you’ve got a simple cocktail that is also easy on the eyes. For my non-alcohol and no sugar Limoncello Spritz, just replace the alcohol version (original recipe), with a non-alcohol base for the limoncello, a non-alcohol dry sparkling champagne, club soda and liquid organic Stevia to taste.

Note: view and enlarge the included picture here, of the exact products I used.

Ingredients

5 lemons🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋  (just the peels, make lemonade or something lemony with the rest) 😊
1 L (liter) of alcohol-free vodka (33.81402 ounces – full bottle)

Directions

Zest the lemons 🍋 (with either a vegetable peeler or a paring knife). Be careful that you don’t cut in too deeply, as you don’t want the white bit. Use the rest to make lemonade or something lemony. 🍋😎
Put the zest in a large, clean jar and pour over the non-alcoholic vodka.
Cover with a tightly fitting lid and leave for three weeks, shaking the jar each day!

La Dolce Vita
(Limoncello Spritz, aka a Lemony— “life that is full of pleasure and luxury)🍋

3 ounces (2 jiggers) of either Prosecco (what the actual drink calls for), or dry non-alcohol champagne
2 ounces (1 jigger and less than ½ of a jigger) of limoncello or non-alcohol no sugar limoncello
1 ounce (less than 1 jigger) of club soda
Mix
Fill a wine glass or tumbler ⅔ rds. of the way full of ice🧊
Add drops of liquid organic Stevia (one drop at a time), to desired taste and sweetness
Stir
Garnish with a slice of lemon🍋 and some mint🌿

ENJOY! 😉 Sip your sip responsibly, as if you were on the shores of Portofino, Italy by day or at night, listening to Andrea Bocelli. 😊

By Dahni & I-Magine
© 2023, all rights reserved

From my Work in Progress: ‘The Gathering Place Cook Book’, under the category of: beverages, ‘Sips with Susan’