Recipe: Delicious Umeshu - Japanese plum wine

Umeshu - Japanese plum wine.

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

Ingredients of Umeshu - Japanese plum wine

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

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!.