Umeshu - Japanese plum wine
Umeshu - Japanese plum wine

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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.

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To get started with this recipe, we have to 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:
  1. Make ready 1 kg green plum (unripe)
  2. Prepare 500 g white rock sugar(crystallized sugar)
  3. Make ready 1800 ml distilled spirits called “white liquor” (vodka can be substantiated)

Homemade plum wine is super easy to make and amazingly tastes good. You need to be a little patient but it is worth waiting! - You can start drinking your plum wine after. 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.

Instructions to make Umeshu - Japanese plum wine:
  1. To sanitize a glass jar, pour boiling water in the jar, drain well and air dry.
  2. Wash plums gently, remove hulls with a bamboo stick, and dry well with paper towels one by one. Please make sure the plums are dried well otherwise the moisture of plums will cause growing mold in the jar.
  3. I recommend using rock sugar for making plum wine. It takes time to dissolve and that means it helps to extract the flavors from the plums at a slower pace.
  4. To make plum wine, we need distilled spirits at 35% alcohol by volume. - In Japan, A kind of distilled liquor called White Liquor is commonly used for plum wine. Vodka can be substitute for white liquor if you cannot find it in your country.
  5. Layer the plums and the sugar alternately in the jar and pour over white liquor.
  6. Put the lid on the jar and store in a cool, dark place. You can start drinking Umeshu after it’s been resting for at least 6 months. You need to be a little patient but it is worth waiting! - Give the jar gently shake everyday to mix sugar and the liquor well for the first month. Better to write the date you started on the jar so that you can remember when the plum wine gets drinkable!

I'm not sure where good quality of green plums available outside of Japan, though many Japanese plum wine recipe suggests to go to Japanese / Korean grocery stores and it's sold as Japanese / Chinese. Guide to Umeshu (Japanese Plum Wine): A Sweet & Sour Tipple Umeshu is a traditional type of Japanese liqueur made from ume plums steeped in sugar and alcohol. Tamitsu co. ltd, the company behind Miyazaki plum wine, has a long history in winemaking and has specialized its Umeshu flavor with different variations. The Umeshu gives the traditional Ume a kick with a wheaty taste. This is because the wine is brewed with wheat and takes the aroma and flavor of the rice grain.

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