Japanese Liqueurs

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Posted this in the wrong location almost two years ago so I thought I would put it in the correct location.

This book I got in Japan and it has recipes for making liquor out of a lot of weird things. It's essentially using vodka, rock sugar and the ingredient of choice. My favorite is Cherries.

300g Cherries
150g rock sugar
900 ml of 80 proof vodka

mix it all together, store in a cool dark place for two months, remove cherries. sit for another month enjoy.

the ratio of 2:1 fruit/rock sugar holds true maturity of the recipes with the alcohol volume changing slightly from 400ml to 900ml if you want to try your own.

The reason I got the book was to make Umeshu. Which is a Japanese "wine" made with green plums, rock sugar and liquor. It's amazing how well the sugar and alcohol pull the sweetness out of a sour plum. I bet crap apples would work good with this recipe.

Recipes: sour plum, strawberry, cranberry, raspberry, blue berry, mixed berries, Cassies, star anise, apricot, cherry, loquat, garlic, pear, fig, any hot pepper, poemgrannant, orange, lemon, grape fruit, lime, kiwi, yuzu, kumquat, apple, papaya, mango, pineapple, ginger, green shiso, mint, dried prune, cherry tomato, rose, cinnamon, vanilla, rosemary, dried mushroom, coffee, safflower, saffron, aloe, wolf ferry. Not listed is blackberry but it's good.

strange stuff in this book. If you want a particular recipe let me know and I'll post it. Thanks