Recent content by Mike Marlow

Another way of using the lemons that I like. I like a G&T and because of using a potato peeler there is still lemon skin on the lemons. So I cut of top and bottom and then half. I slice into think slices (about 1 inch think) then lay them flat in a freezer bag and flat freeze them. I use...

Since I started this post I have watched with interest how it has developed. I never thought it would carry on as long as it has. Just hope everyone enjoys it. I have tried many different types of citrus and some blends. My favorite blend being lemon and lime about half and half. But I...

When I first posted this topic with the recipe back in 2006 I had no idea it would be picked up with such zest by so many people. I still head up to Sicily every year to stock up on pure spirit as I still can't get it here in Malta. Friends here still rave about it and say it is better than...

Hi Kevin, Jeff, and Dave. We don't have Key limes over here in Malta. Haven't been online very often lately, but have been following the Lemoncello story. I finished y latest batch about 6 weeks ago. Made with the local lemons that have a very thin skin. No treatments at all. Wonderful...

Wayne, I very rarely get colds so I have to lie to my wife when I use that excuse to have a drink. I also try to convince her that it is a great pain killer when my knees are giving me problems. Just finished my latest batch. Will start drinking it in a week or so. Glad to hear you enjoyed it.

When I have smoked pork butt up til now I have always got my butcher to prepare it bone out. Knowing that usually meat gets a lot of flavor when cooked with the bone in I thought I would do my next butt with the bone in. I intend to smoke with a smoker temp of around 300F. The reason for this...

Hi All, Well after struggling for nearly a year using locally distilled grappa as a substitute for pure spirit I finally got to Sicily and was able to get more pure spirit there. I brought back 12 lt. and immediately made a new batch with fresh picked lemons from a friends trees. It was great...

Hi Jim, It looks very good. If you have the time could I have the recipe. Also, my wife has a couple of recipes for choc cakes that use chili if you are interested.

INGREDIENTS * 2 cups all-purpose flour * 1/2 teaspoon baking soda * 1/2 teaspoon salt * 3/4 cup unsalted butter, melted * 1 cup packed brown sugar * 1/2 cup white sugar * 1 tablespoon vanilla extract * 1 egg * 1 egg yolk * 2 cups dark chocolate chips...

INGREDIENTS * 1/2 cup white sugar * 3/4 cup unsalted butter * 1 egg white * 2 tablespoons corn syrup * 3 tablespoons chopped Stem ginger * 1 Fresh Jalapeno chili (seeds in or out, more or less as you like, different variety maybe) very finely chopped * 2 cups...

Hi Kevin, I am still having problems with the local spirit, but hoping my latest batch will do the trick. Off to Italy in about 4 weeks and hoping to pick up a load of pure spirit for later in the year. Still serving mine straight from the freezer. Hope everything is good with you.

Hi Mark. Don't forget to use unwaxed lemons. You can tell your wife that it is good for you after a meal. It also tastes better than the ones you can buy, and it is cheaper. Good luck.

Hi Bill. I don't know about being most authentic as we have been able to travel about Italy alot during the last 20 years and every restaurant has its own recipe. The one I put in this link came from a small pizza place on the south point of Puglia in Italy and was the one I most enjoyed, but...

Just to let you know that the last batch I made with the local spirit I can get turned out much better. Still not as good as I made with the Italian spirit, but getting there. Hope yours turned out OK.

I will have a 5lb pork butt and 4 whole chickens which I will smoke for a party on Sat 14 April. Will this work? Going to start the butt at 8am on the top grate with smoke wood, then about 2pm put the chickens on the bottom grate and add more smoke wood. Hope to have everything ready for...