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See all recipes entered in the 2026 competition
The 2026 Pallini Limoncello Cocktail Competition was open to professional bartenders and home cocktail enthusiasts, with prizes for each category. Recipes were submitted from around the world, with many designed to earn bonus points for savoury flavours.
Pallini Amalfi Mule
Fresh and vibrant citrus notes lead the cocktail, with intense Amalfi lemon aromas from Pallini Limoncello balanced by crisp sweet apple cider. Subtle
Lemon Pie
Lemon pie is a smooth, dessert styled cocktail, bringing memories of baked pie crust, and creamy filling and super light whipped cream with aromatic nutmeg
La Spiaggia Bianca
La Spiaggia Bianca blends the beautiful Pallini limoncello with pineapple, coconut, and fresh ricotta for a silky and tropical cocktail inspired by Italian
Bittersweet Dream
It is the bittersweet italian answer to the Sidecar. Love to work with well-known templates, modify them, also and although it may appear strange. Like
Sole e Sale
Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS. Prepare garnish of fresh sage leaf. SHAKE all ingredients with ice. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass. Garnish with fresh
Funky Cold Pallini
A silky, color-shifting love potion that's sunshine fresh and looking def. Smooth, airy and floral. A butterfly pea flower tea concentrate will create
Dirty Pallini
A savory-citrus twist on the Dirty Martini. Bright lemon, silky limoncello sweetness and briny olive notes create a fresh yet complex cocktail. Use high-quality
Gold velvet
The fresh, sugary, lemony and aromatic tension of the Limoncello wraps itself around the velvety, grainy and honey flavoured profile of Irish whiskey.
Peace Offering
Peace Offering is a limoncello riff on the classic martini, you can switch up between vodka and gin, although gin here helps to bring all the ingredients
Limon Bubbles
A fresh, zesty and aromatic reinvention of the bubble tea. Playful but not childish. Simple but not easy. Sweet but not sugary.
Sunset in Phuket
A twist on a Limoncello sour, bringing more bite from the 42 Below Vodka, as well as more vibrancy from the Basil and Grenadine combination.
L'Oro di Amalfi
A bebida apresenta-se em duas camadas distintas. A base é dourada e vibrante como uma tarde ensolarada na costa Amalfitana. No topo, a espuma de vinho
From the grove
While lemon forward in profile, there is a rich and savoury creaminess to the drink. The drink is complex in tasting with bitter notes coming from the
Passionate Heartbeets
It's a beautifully balanced cocktail that has fruit, floral, and herbal notes.
Via Appia
VISUAL Translucent orange-amber, crowned by a dense, silky white foam. Tahitian lime zest contrasts with the foam. NOSE Fresh and vibrant citrus on the
Tropical Island
The light spiciness of the cinnamon liqueur mixes well with the citrusy notes of lemon, enhanced by a splash of fruity dark rum.
Pallini Limoncello
Pallini Limoncello is made by the Pallini family from Sfusato lemons from the Amalfi coast which are infused in neutral spirit immediately after being
Pallini Limonzero
Launched in 2022, Pallini Limonzero is the world's first non-alcoholic limoncello. Made with the same Sfusato lemons from the Amalfi Coast as Pallini's
Pallini Limoncello Vegan Cream liqueur
This cream limoncello from Pallini is dairy-free, lactose-free, vegan and is made only using Amalfi Coast lemons. Serve chilled &/or over ice.
