Ume work in 2022

2022年7月15日 10:55

I made 梅酒(Plum wine / Ume-shu) as usual this year.
To recall what I did next year(since I always forget the recipe 🤦), I'd like to make one entry here.

Get Ume from Wakayama 🎉

Wakayama is the center of famous ume brands in Japan.
Every year, I buy two brands. Nanko-ume and Tsuyuakane.

I beleive I bought Nanko-ume 1kg + Tsuyuakane 1kg this time, but the farmer kindly put the double amount…(probably)(I didn't scale them)

Wash ume~

Firstly, it's essential to wash ume carefully, and expose them to make them dry

they are tsuyuakane, their color is more like red-ish compared to nanko-ume.

Next, prepare the bottles

It's also very important to make glass bottles "clean" by washing them with hot water so that there is no bacteria.

After washing them with hot water, dry them.

Get other ingredients!

The recipe is simple:

recipe1: white liquar based
1. white liquar 1.8L
2. sugar blocks 0.7kg
3. Tsuyuakane 1.5kg

recipe2: brandy based
1. brandy 1.8L
2. sugar blocks 0.3kg + brown sugar 0.3kg
3. Nanko-ume 1.5kg

I still had remaning ume, so made ume ginger syrup, too.

syrup recipe:
1. Ume 0.5kg
2. brown sugar 0.3kg
3. vinegar 45ml (3 tbsp)
4. ※ cinnamon 1 stick
5. ※ cardamon 5 grains
6. ※ clove 5 grains
7. ※ ginger a few slices

Items marked ※ are put into the bottles a few days later.

This is a little bit modified recipe of one I found on the Internet. the original recipe is here ↓