Reduced-Sodium Umeboshi

Name: Reduced-Sodium Umeboshi
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 kg Nanko-ume plums; 300 grams Salt; 100 ml White liqueur

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I learned the basic pickling method from my mother, but my friend taught me how to make reduced salt umeboshi.

-Until the liquid comes up to the top, there is a risk of mold growth, so shake the jar everyday to dissolve the salt to immerse the ume plums in the liquid as quickly as possible.
-If you live in an area with very high humidity and high temperature, and if it's difficult to control the condition of umeboshi, make them with about 14 % salt. Recipe by Yuuyuu0221

I learned the basic pickling method from my mother, but my friend taught me how to make reduced salt umeboshi.

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

I learned the basic pickling method from my mother, but my friend taught me how to make reduced salt umeboshi.

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Ingredients

3 kgNanko-ume plums
300 gramsSalt
100 mlWhite liqueur

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Steps

1

Rinse the ripe Nanko-ume plums really well. Drain, and remove the stem ends. There's no need to soak the extra ripe. Nanko-ume plums to remove their bitterness.
2

Put the ume plums in a bowl, and spray with the white liqueur using a mister. Add half of the salt, and roll the ume plums around to coat in the salt.
3

Put the ume plums into a sterilized storage jar, and add the remaining salt.
4

The weight should be 1-2 kg. If you are using a storage jar, put water in a double-layered plastic bag to make a weight since it's easy to adjust.
5

Store in a cool dark place. Once the liquid comes up, reduce the weight by half. If you want to add shiso leaves, add them here.
6

After 20 days, dry the umeboshi in a sunny place for 3 days. Once they are dry, store them in a container.
7

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If you use fully ripened Nanko-ume, you can make umeboshi without using a weight. But if you don't add a sufficient amount of salt, the liquid won't come up quickly enough, and this can cause problems.