UMEBOSHI (JAPANESE SOUR SALTED PLUMS) RECIPE
Umeboshi, Japanese salted plums, are a delicacy often enjoyed with rice. Here's a traditional method for making them.
Provided by Sean Timberlake
Categories Side Dish
Time P21DT1h
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 2
Steps:
- Gather the ingredients.
- Place ume in a container and fill with cold water. Soak overnight in a cool spot.
- Discard water and transfer ume to a large wooden, ceramic, or food-grade plastic tub.
- Measure salt over ume. Distribute salt with your hands, making sure not to make cuts on the fruit.
- Place a clean muslin (or food-grade plastic) sheet across the surface of salted ume and drape it down the sides of tub.
- Lay a drop lid on top of the sheet and weight with rocks or similar heavy items equaling weight of ume. (Alternatively, you could line the tub with a thick food-grade plastic bag, squeezing out the air, and cinch it up before laying the drop lid.)
- Store salt-weighted ume in a cool dark spot, but check after 2 or 3 days to make sure the brine has surfaced. If it has not, you should massage any residual bottom salt up to the top fruit. The ume should remain in the brine for several weeks, but check periodically to make sure no mold is forming (if it has, pick the mold off carefully).
- After brining for at least 3 weeks (2 weeks for small ume), dry ume for 3 days in the bright sunlight (they do not have to be consecutive days) on rattan mats (or the equivalent) stretched across a wooden frame for good air circulation. At night, return the ume to the pickling pot.
- On last day of drying, strain brine left over in bottom of salting-tub through a fine-mesh strainer and store in a clean jar or bottle. This is called plum "vinegar" (umesu).
- Pack dried ume (umeboshi) in resealable gallon-sized freezer bags (fill bags only half full). A syrupy liquid will pool at the bottom of the bags which aids in the long-term preservation of umeboshi. Umeboshi keep indefinitely at room temperature packed in airtight resealable bags. This recipe is reprinted with permission from Preserving the Japanese Way: Traditions of Salting, Fermenting, and Pickling for the Modern Kitchen by Nancy Singleton Hachisu , ©2016 Andrews McMeel Publishing. In the book, Hachisu tells not only of the traditional methods of preserving in Japanese culture but of her journey to learn and conquer these traditions as an American-born wife to a Japanese farmer. These umeboshi , salted plums, are a traditional delicacy, often eaten with rice.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 14 kcal, Carbohydrate 4 g, Cholesterol 0 mg, Fiber 0 g, Protein 0 g, SaturatedFat 0 g, Sodium 5952 mg, Sugar 3 g, Fat 0 g, ServingSize 5 pounds (24 portions), UnsaturatedFat 0 g
ITALIAN PLUM UMEBOSHI
Steps:
- PLUM PREP Wash and dry plums Place in bowl and sprinkle generously with course salt. Leave in refrigerator for 3-5 days in a 2 sealed ziplock bags. PLUM DRYING Remove plums from any liquid. Place plums on a shallow baking dish. Leave space between plums for plenty of air circulation. Set in 150-200 degrees F oven. Crack door of oven open. PLUM JUICE AND SALT When juice starts to collect in pan, collect with a spoon and place in small saucepan. Add the juices and salt from the ziplock bag. As plums are drying in oven remove them periodically and continue to remove excess liquid. After collecting liquid, turn plums over one by one. This may be done several times and will make them dry more evenly. Plums may puff up. I poked each one with a fork so that they would release more liquid. Some of them broke open which is not desirable in Japanese umeboshi. When the plums begin to shrivel you will have to judge whether or not they are dry enough. Eat one and see if the texture resembles an actual umeboshi. They should be moist and pasty inside but not drippy. The process can take several hours. If you have to leave the house, just turn the oven off, and leave plums in oven. I did that the first day and dried them more the next day. While plums are in the oven the last few minutes. Heat up the salty plum juice and reduce until very thick. I reduced it until it looked like crumbly salt. This can be added to the dried plums later and return that intense flavor back to the umeboshi. Leave plums in oven and turn off oven. When cool. Place them in a jar or crock. Place crumbly plum salt on bottom and sprinkle a thin layer of salt on bottom. Place a single layer of plums on bottom followed by a thin layer of salted shiso. Shiso leaves will be crumpled. Lightly press them into the crock or jar to remove air pockets.
UMEBOSHI VINAIGRETTE
A vinaigrette dressing made using Umeboshi (Japanese Pickled Plums). Very nice on blanched bean sprouts.
Provided by Wenstar
Categories Salad Dressings
Time 5m
Yield 3/4 cups
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Place all ingredients in blender and puree.
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- Umeboshi Drink. This is a no-brainer and my favorite way to enjoy umeboshi plums. It’s also the fastest. Simply take an umeboshi plum. Break apart the plum flesh and place everything in a teacup.
- Umeboshi with Brown Rice. The most basic way to enjoy umeboshi plums is eat one plum with plain rice. My preference is with hot pressure-cooked brown rice.
- Umeboshi Plum Rice Balls. Known as umeboshi onigiri in Japanese, these rice balls are easy to make. It is my favorite way to pack brown rice for outings or when you are out and about all day.
- Ochazuke. Chazuke or ochazuke is an all-in-one dish. “Ocha” in Japanese refers to tea and “Zuke” means submerge. A light yet comforting food, ochazuke is another simple way to enjoy umeboshi plums.
- Enjoy Umeboshi Plums as Topping for Noodles. Did you know that umeboshi plums go well with different noodles? You can enjoy umeboshi plums as a topping for somen, udon, or ramen.
- Miso soup with Umeboshi Plum. You can’t skip this all-time favorite, if you plan to enjoy umeboshi plums in a variety of ways. Tofu wakame miso soup is one of the most basic combinations for miso soup.
- Enjoy Umeboshi Plums with Cucumber. A refreshing way to enjoy umeboshi plums is to pair it with fresh cucumbers. This is also an easy, quick dish to prepare.
- Enjoy Umeboshi Plums with Chilled Tofu. This tofu dish, also known as hiyayakko in Japanese, is another delicious way to enjoy umeboshi plums. Like the cucumber dish, traditionally, this dish calls for bonito flakes.
- Daikon Radish Salad with Umeboshi Plums. The tart and salty taste of umeboshi plums is a perfect ingredient in a salad dressing for daikon radish, wakame seaweed, and fresh cucumber.
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