Country Life Umeocet, 500ml

Product description Country Life Umeocet

Umeocet has a distinctive salty-sour taste and a pleasant, slightly fruity aroma. Excellent for salad dressings. It can be used in the preparation of kulajda or lentils for souring and also for flavouring all dishes where you need to add a salty-sour taste.

The production of umeocta:
Umocet is the liquid that is secreted during the fermentation of pickled plums - umeboshi.

1. The umeboshi plums are harvested in spring.
2. They are salted on the day of harvest and then left to dry in the sun for several days.
3. Once almost dry, they are put in brine, weighted down with stones and left to ferment.
4. Shizo leaves are also added to the brine. They resemble ornamental nettles in appearance. They are added for their preservative properties and their beautiful purple colour.
5. The red liquid that is secreted during the fermentation of the plums is called ume-su; in English it is called umeocet.

Store in a cool, dry place. Protect from sunlight.