Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, umeshu (japanese plum wine). It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Umeshu, or plum wine, is a popular sweet drink inside and outside Japan. This tasty drink is a great aperitif and also wonderful as a dessert wine after dinner. It's often served chilled, over ice, or mixed with soda water. Late May into June is the season for green plums.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have umeshu (japanese plum wine) using 3 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Umeshu (Japanese Plum Wine):
- Get 500 g Japanese green ume plums (You can buy from Mitsuwa and Nijiya, Marukai if you are in the United States. Only available for a short window in the early Summer.)
- Get 500 g Rock sugar
- Prepare 1000 g White liqueur (Best to use 24%~35% liqueur)
Umeshu is a Japanese plum wine or liqueur made by steeping green ume (Japanese plums) in white liquor and rock sugar. Japanese plum wine calls for unripe fresh green plum. A common variety of plum used for plum wine is called Nanko-ume (南高梅) in Japan. Umeshu, or Japanese plum wine, is a sweet liquor made from fermented plums, sugar and grain alcohol.
Steps to make Umeshu (Japanese Plum Wine):
- Wash and sterilize your jar with boiled water, and dry off the jar.
- Wash the plums and remove the stems. The stems are small and deep, so use a toothpick.
- Dry off the plums and leave it on clean cloth for a half day.
- Put a layer of ume plums in the jar, then a layer of rock sugar. Repeat until all the sugar and plums are used up, and pour the white liqueur into the jar until it just covers the topmost layer of plums.
- Put the lid on the jar securely and store the plums in cool, dark place. Shake the jar everyday until rock sugar dissolves.
- After 6 months, the Umeshu is ready to drink. Enjoy!
A common variety of plum used for plum wine is called Nanko-ume (南高梅) in Japan. Umeshu, or Japanese plum wine, is a sweet liquor made from fermented plums, sugar and grain alcohol. While there are a few cocktails that can be created with plum wine, the beverage shines brightest when simplified. Here are our favorite ways to enjoy this summer sipper. In Japan, A kind of distilled liquor called White Liquor is commonly used for plum wine.
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