Step-by-Step Guide to Make Perfect Umeshu - Japanese plum wine

Hello everybody, welcome to my recipe site. Today I’m gonna show you a way to make a distinctive dish, Umeshu - Japanese plum wine. This is one of my favourite food recipe, this time i’am gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna really delicious.

Umeshu - Japanese plum wine Recipe. 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.

You can have Umeshu - Japanese plum wine using 3 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Umeshu - Japanese plum wine

1. Take 1 kg of green plum (unripe).
2. Make ready 500 g of white rock sugar(crystallized sugar).
3. Prepare 1800 ml of distilled spirits called “white liquor” (vodka can be substantiated).

A common variety of plum used for plum wine is called Nanko-ume (南高梅) in Japan.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.Home \ Wine \ Sake & Plum Wine \ Plum Wine \ Choya Umeshu with Plum. tap to enlarge. zoom × double tap to zoom.

Umeshu - Japanese plum wine step by step

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!.

The sweet and sour flavors with the fruity aroma are very appealing and you can make many kinds of drinks with it!Inspired by the Japanese drama - Midnight Diner.Japanese plum wine calls for unripe fresh green plum.

The other day, I posted about Japanese ume plums which are in season right now.In this post, I'll take you through the process of making umeshu, which is a sweet cordial made from the ume plums.Most people call it "plum wine," but it's technically a cordial or liqueur.This sweet, fruity liquor is super easy to make, requires few ingredients, and when it's ready to drink, you can.Umeshu (梅酒) is a Japanese liqueur made by steeping ume plums (while still unripe and green) in liquor (焼酎, shōchū) and sugar.