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Ume-shu (Japanese Plum Juice)

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Prep: 0 min Cook: 0 min Difficulty: medium

Categories: Drink, Japanese

Tags: easy, japanese, recipes for alcoholic beverages, recipes for juice, recipes using honey, recipes using sugar, recipes using ume, recipes with metric units, recipes without cooking time, recipes without servings

Source: Wikibooks contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook%3AUme-shu_%28Japanese_Plum_Juice%29)

Adapted: Imported and reformatted by HowManyCookies from the cited Wikibooks revision.

Source revision: https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook%3AUme-shu%20%28Japanese%20Plum%20Juice%29&oldid=4505270

License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) · Wikibooks contributors

Ingredients

  • 1 kg raw Japanese ume plums
  • 1 kg rock sugar
  • Honey to taste
  • White liquor to taste

Directions

  1. Wash plums and wipe dry.
  2. Cram plums tightly into container with rock sugar. Add liquor if using.
  3. Pour honey into container on top of ume.
  4. Seal container, and leave in a cool, dark place until the plums are shriveled and leathery.
  5. Remove fruit from container.
  6. To drink, dilute the plum liquid with two times as much water.

Equipment

A container (preferably a sealable glassware)

Notes

Keep in a cool place during summer.