Buddha's Hand citron

Having recently returned from a trip to Southern Italy, it was inevitable that I'm making liqueurs. You know I have the alloro -- bay leaf -- one already rolling, but the other half of the bottle of Everclear was singing sweet limoncello nothings in my ear. I could not find any Sorrento lemons in any market but I did find Buddha's Hand citron, which is said to have remarkable flavor.

So, I'm on it:

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I added the peel of one regular lemon, just to make sure there's enough lemony oomph in there. Remember, I still have to dilute this down to 30-40 proof with simple syrup.

I kept the inner fingers and the now-peeled outer fingers to make candy:

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Plain sugar on the left, sugar mixed with a dash of allspice on the right.

I'm scrounging around the kitchen for small jars now.

[Jenise]

Appreciated the photos of your process. And, btw, I've never seen the inside of a Buddhas Hand. Didn't realize they were all pith but, d'oh, how could it be otherwise. I think I kind of just presumed their primarily ornamental. But something like would be their primary use--things that happen with zest.