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Made this exactly as the recipe was written. Came out perfect. My company wanted to know what brand of Lemoncello it was. The hardest part was waiting the 2 weeks. After I poured it into the bottles I only waited 1 week.<\/p>","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2024-01-13","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"Munchie"},"reviewBody":"
How interesting. I just read Giada deLaurentis' Lemoncello recipe and it's almost word for word this recipe. Very good lemoncello no matter who came up with it first.<\/p>","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":4,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}}]},"video":{"data":{"status":204},"message":"No shortcode found in recipe"},"rms_legacy_id":"143022","romance_copy_dek":"This limoncello recipe makes a drink better than any store-bought version. 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