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Umeshu (梅酒) – Japanese Plum Wine
Umeshu, or Japanese plum wine, is a sweet and aromatic liqueur traditionally made from ume fruit, sugar and shochu.
Umeshu (梅酒) – Japanese Plum Wine
Laura Chen
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Japanese
Drinks
Umeshu is a Japanese liqueur made from green ume fruit, rock sugar and shochu. After three months in the jar, it tastes sweet and fruity with a tart almond note. You drink it neat over ice, with soda or as a digestif.
Ingredients
- 1 kg green ume plums
- 1 kg white rock sugar
- 1.8 liters shochu (Japanese spirit, 35% alcohol)
Instructions
- Wash the ume plums thoroughly and remove the stems.
- Dry the plums and lay them out in a large, clean glass jar.
- Layer the rock sugar and ume plums alternately in the jar.
- Pour the shochu over the plums and sugar until everything is covered.
- Close the jar tightly and store it in a cool, dark place.
- Shake the jar daily for the first two weeks to dissolve the sugar.
- Let the umeshu steep for at least three months before you taste it.
- It is best to let it mature for a year.
- Strain the plums out of the liquid and pour the umeshu into clean bottles.
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