A few months ago I was having drinks at Romance HQ and Mrs Romance handed me a glass of sweet, lemony vodka. She told me they had made it themselves in their dishwasher. Science + food is my favourite thing ever so today I’ve got Jim (AKA Mr Romance) here on Smaggle to teach you how to make flavoured dishwasher vodka with boiled sweets. How rad is that?
When I first heard of dishwasher limoncello my first thought was… well, it wasn’t very positive. Having cleaned the filter of my own dishwasher, I know what goes on in there. I choose to ignore it over the thought of washing my dishes by hand. Once that door closes, all I want to think about is splendid cutlery, spotless crockery and sparkling glassware when I next open it.
However, dishwasher limoncello isn’t what it sounds like. In fact, it’s the best thing ever! What you’re doing is harnessing the power of your dishwasher to create a delicious tipple that contains no dishwater water whatsoever. I promise.
It’s very simple – so simple even I tried it, and I’m incredibly lazy.
- 1 bottle of reasonable quality vodka with a screw cap
- 1 packet of lemon sherbet lollies
- Open the vodka and pour out about 100ml into a container and set to one side. Or drink it if you want.
- Smash the lemon sherbets into small pieces with a mortar and pestle or a rolling pin and put the pieces in the vodka bottle.
- Crew the cap on tightly and cover the cap with the Glad Wrap.
- Lay the bottle on its side on the top rack of your empty dishwasher – no detergent needed - and start the cycle. The gyrations (love that word) of the dishwasher propeller and the incredibly hot water dissolve the lemon sherbets.
- When the cycle’s finished remove the vodka bottle carefully – it’ll be quite hot – and allow it to cool.
- Pour the remaining vodka (if still undrunk) back into the bottle then chill the now-limoncello in the freezer before consuming.
You might want to turn the bottle over halfway through the cycle. At the end there might be bits of lolly stuck to the inside. Just shake the bottle until they’ve gone. You can also make things like butterscotch schnapps with Werther’s Original toffees, which is delicious by the way. There are heaps of different flavours you can make. You just need to use a reasonable quality vodka and boiled sweets.
What flavour would you make? Mint? Butter Menthol?
Don’t forget to visit the Romances for more awesome recipes and cool stuff. They are very awesome marsupials.