11 Best Cocktail Recipes With Limoncello That Simply Taste WOW!

To infuse sweet and lemony flavors in cocktails, use limoncello as one of the main ingredients. Tastessence gives you 11 best cocktail recipes that are prepared with limoncello for that crisp and refreshing taste.

Summer Cocktail Rules

1. The beverage cannot be too sweet.
2. It has to be served in a tall glass.
3. Alcohol content should be low.
4. There should be lots of ice in it, but not frozen.
5. Using fancy ingredients and tools is not allowed.
6. Invite friends and family over to enjoy the beverages together.

A classic Italian, citrus-based lemon liqueur, limoncello is made by infusing lemon peels with pure alcohol. You can make thirst-quenching cocktails that taste out of this world.

Purchase a bottle of limoncello, or choose to prepare it at home, the following limoncello mixed drinks will beg you to host ‘Happy Hour’ for everyone.

Amalfi Dream

Ingredients
➤ Vodka, 2 fl. oz.
➤ Limoncello, 1 fl. oz.
➤ Lemon juice, 1 fl. oz.
➤ Mint leaves, garnish
➤ Ice cubes

Directions
➤ Pour all the ingredients, except mint leaves, into a shaker.
➤ Shake it vigorously for 10 seconds.
➤ Strain the drink in a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with mint leaves.

Black Basil

Ingredients
➤ Vodka, 3 fl. oz.
➤ Limoncello, 2 fl. oz.
➤ Lemon juice, 1 fl. oz.
➤ Simple syrup, 1 fl. oz.
➤ Basil leaves, garnish
➤ Tonic water
➤ Ice cubes

Directions
➤ Pour all the ingredients, except basil leaves and tonic water, into a shaker.
➤ Shake it vigorously for 10 seconds and strain the drink in a chilled highball glass.
➤ Top it off with tonic water and garnish with basil leaves.

Bon Bon

Ingredients
➤ Vanilla vodka, 3 fl. oz.
➤ Limoncello, 1 fl. oz.
➤ Lemon juice, 1 fl. oz.
➤ Butterscotch Schnapps, ½ fl. oz.
➤ Simple syrup, ½ fl. oz.
➤ Lime rind, garnish
➤ Ice cubes

Directions
➤ Pour all the ingredients into a shaker.
➤ Shake it vigorously for 10 seconds and strain the drink in a chilled cocktail glass.
➤ Garnish with lime rind and enjoy. 

Campari Nobile

Ingredients
➤ Orange juice, 2 fl. oz.
➤ Raspberry juice, 2 fl. oz.
➤ Limoncello, 1 oz.
➤ Vodka, 1 fl. oz.
➤ Campari, 1 fl. oz.
➤ Lemon wedges, garnish
➤ Mint leaves, garnish
➤ Bitter lemon
➤ Ice cubes

Directions
➤ Pour all the ingredients, except bitter lemon and garnishes, into a shaker.
➤ Shake it vigorously for 10 seconds and strain the drink in a chilled highball glass.
➤ Top it with bitter lemon, and garnish with lemon wedges and mint leaves.

Coral Queensland

Ingredients
➤ Vodka, 1 fl. oz.
➤ Limoncello, 1 fl. oz.
➤ Blue Curaçao, 1 fl. oz.
➤ Lemon rind, garnish
➤ Lemonade
➤ Ice cubes

Directions
➤ Pour all the ingredients, except lemonade and garnish, into a shaker.
➤ Shake it vigorously for 10 seconds and strain the drink in a chilled cocktail glass.
➤ Top it with lemon and garnish with lemon rind.

Devil’s Punch

Ingredients
➤ Tequila, 2 fl. oz.
➤ Limoncello, 1 fl. oz.
➤ Orange liqueur, 1 fl. oz.
➤ Simple syrup, 1 fl. oz.
➤ Orange juice, dash
➤ Ice cubes

Directions
➤ Pour all the ingredients into a shaker.
➤ Shake vigorously for 10 seconds.
➤ Strain the drink in a chilled highball glass.

Kentucky Lemon Drop

Ingredients
➤ Bourbon whiskey, 2 fl. oz.
➤ Simple syrup, 2 fl. oz.
➤ Limoncello, 1 fl. oz.
➤ Spearmint leaves, garnish
➤ Ice cubes

Directions
➤ Pour all the ingredients, except garnish, into a shaker.
➤ Shake vigorously for 10 seconds and pour into a chilled martini glass.
➤ Garnish with spearmint leaves and enjoy.

Lady Cello

Ingredients
➤ Grenadine syrup, 1 tsp.
➤ Limoncello, 1 fl. oz.
➤ Rum, 1 fl. oz.
➤ Lemon juice, ½ fl. oz.
➤ Lemon wedges, garnish
➤ Ice cubes

Directions
➤ Pour all ingredients, except garnish, into a shaker.
➤ Shake vigorously for 10 seconds and pour into a chilled highball glass.

Lemon Capri

Ingredients
➤ Limoncello, 1 fl. oz.
➤ Espresso, chilled, 1 fl. oz.
➤ Cream, 1 fl. oz.
➤ Lemon peel, garnish

Directions
➤ Mix all the ingredients together.
➤ Pour into 2 shot glasses.
➤ Garnish with lemon peel and serve.

Red Earl Martini

Ingredients
➤ Vodka, 2 fl. oz.
➤ Limoncello, 1 fl. oz.
➤ Simple Syrup, 1 fl. oz.
➤ Raspberries, garnish
➤ Ice cubes

Directions
➤ Pour all ingredients, except garnish, into a shaker.
➤ Shake vigorously for 10 seconds and serve into a chilled martini glass.
➤ Garnish with raspberries and enjoy.

The Seersucker 751

Ingredients
➤ Vodka, 1½ fl. oz.
➤ Limoncello, 1 fl. oz.
➤ Grand Marnier, ½ fl. oz.
➤ Lemon juice, 1 tsp.
➤ Soda water
➤ Ice cubes
➤ Lemon slices

Directions
➤ Fill a chilled highball glass with ice and lemon slices.
➤ Pour all the ingredients in one by one.
➤ Stir the drink and enjoy.

* To prepare any of these drinks with limoncello, you can choose to alter the quantity of any of the ingredients to suit your taste.

Using pure lemon juice in limoncello drink recipes, and other cocktails, means infusing the sourness or bitterness of the fruit. Which is why, limoncello is a perfect substitute and popular ingredient for cocktails that require a strong lemon flavor.

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