Ingredients
- 1kg Unripe Ume
- 1kg Rock Ice
- (between 500g to 1kg is good for 1kg Ume. 1kg is become sweet Umeshu)
- 1.8L White liquor
Equipment
- A large glass jar with a tight-fitting lid
- Paper towel ( or clean regular kitchen towel )
- A toothpick
Directions
- Wash a jar with hot water for sterilization and dry it well.
- Wash each Ume gently.
- Soak Ume in the water for 2- 4 hours (this step is for remove ‘aku'(harshness) from Ume).
- Drain well and dry each Ume using paper towel.
- Take out stems of Ume using toothpick.
- Place ume first in the jar and put rock sugar over Ume.
- Make layer of Ume and rock sugar.
- pour while liquor over Ume.
- Shut the lid and store a dark, cool, dry place.
It ready after 3 month but longer you wait it become more tasty
*shake the jar slowly once a while to mix everything up
