Plum wine is an infused wine in which plums are soaked in distilled spirits (usually rice wine) for a long period of time.
In general, a well-made plum wine has the sweetness of fruit wine and the strength of distilled spirits.
How to make plum wine
Method 1
Ingredients
Plums (medium-ripe), rock sugar or honey, malt powder, yellow wine or Pao Gu wine.
The ratio is 25-35 kg for 8-9 times ripe plum fruits in 45 degree yellow wine or white wine
22-25 kg of rock sugar and honey, and 4 taels of malt powder.
Directions
1、Wash the plums and dry them well.
2、Put the plums, rock sugar or honey into a sterilized earthen jar (followed by a glass jar), and then pour in 45 degree yellow wine or Pao Gu wine to seal.
3、After 4 months, you can open and drink it.
4、Add rock sugar and honey, then add malt powder.
5、After opening, use a shovel to seal the plastic products (not iron or copper and aluminum products, which will oxidize and affect the quality of wine), and then let it sink (about 36 hours).
Open the seal of the plum wine altar6 and place a cotton towel (must be cotton) on the mouth of the other altar. The mouth of the altar is solid and the neck of the altar is tied with a rope.
With a plastic spoon (not iron or aluminum, which will oxidize and affect the quality of the wine), the wine is removed from the original jar and placed in a jar tied with a cotton towel (the towel is mainly used to filter the plum pulp fibers and heavy substances). After filtering, the wine is sealed and left to stand for about 36 hours.
When you open the jar, you need to take out the crystal clear, sweet and delicious plum wine. After removing some of the wine, remember to seal the jar again if there is any wine left.
Otherwise, the quality of the wine will be greatly reduced. If sealed, the longer you leave it, the better the quality of the wine will be.
Method 2
Natural fermented plum wine
Ingredients
7 or 10 kg of ripe plums, 10 kg of plum honey, 5 kg of sugar, 5 kg of filtered water, 2 or 2 forged oysters or 40 g of calcium carbonate.
Activity
1. Gently rinse the plums once with water. Then install a bamboo sieve and leave it in a cool and ventilated place for 8 days (about 3-4 days)
2. Place in a clean kimchi jar with the forged oysters in the bottom, followed by the plums, honey and filtered water.
3. Ferment at room temperature around 30°C for 4-5 days, adding 2 kg of sugar for the first time.
4. After 1 week of continuous fermentation, add 2 kg of sugar for the second time.
After 2 weeks of fermentation, add 1 kg of sugar.
6、Transfer to a room below 30℃, continue fermentation and aging for 3 months, then open the lid and bottle to drink.
Many people have eaten plums. We all know that plums have an appetizing effect on people. Needless to say, plum wine made from plums has great benefits for people. It not only regulates the stomach and intestines, but also shapes the body in a healthy way so that more women don’t have to stop to shape their bodies. Let’s read on.
Introduction of plum wine
Plum wine, as the name implies, is a wine made from plums. The plums are soaked in distilled spirits. Plum wine is sweet and fruity, and distilled spirits are rich in flavor. The combination of the two is particularly intoxicating.
Regulates gastrointestinal function
According to the ancient medical treatise “Materia Medica”, plums are known for their salivary, appetizing, heart-clearing and sleep-supporting properties. Plum wine is rich in a variety of organic acids, amino acids, minerals and other beneficial ingredients that help improve indigestion and loss of appetite. A glass of plum wine before bedtime can promote blood circulation, cool the body, relieve mental stress and let you sleep until morning. People who drink too much can drink some hot water, which is also very effective.
Humid and hot summers inevitably make it difficult to open your appetite and make you prone to diarrhea, rashes and other allergic symptoms. The plum acid in plums can increase appetite, promote saliva secretion, improve gastrointestinal function, thus helping digestion and absorption of food, especially calcium absorption, enhance physical fitness, normalize immune function, and improve allergies. A glass of plum wine before meals can make a person’s appetite and help digestion. Although plums are acidic, most of them are alkaline substances. They are known as the “alkaline king”. They are effective in regulating the body’s pH level, fighting bacteria and germs, reducing diarrhea and skin allergies.
Health benefits
Plums are a very alkaline fruit. Plum wine made from plums can better regulate the pH balance in the body, and its benefits to human health should not be underestimated. Symptoms such as irritability, headaches and insomnia can be effectively relieved.
Cosmetic effects
Plum wine promotes the formation and secretion of parotid hormones in the salivary glands. Parotid hormones, also known as “youth hormones”, have a beautifying and muscle-strengthening effect. Nutritional richness: Plum wine absorbs all the nutrients in plums (some nutrients in plums cannot be absorbed raw, but can be absorbed through plum wine because the nutrients are completely dissolved in the wine) and is rich in vitamins and amino acids.
Nutritionists say that plum wine has higher nutritional value and better health benefits than white wine and beer. Plum wine can be used as a beauty solution when the skin becomes rough due to dryness and exposure. Use a cotton pad or gauze dipped in some unsweetened plum wine and put it on the skin to make it smooth again. The effect is even better after a bath.
Anti-bacterial
Plum wine is also effective against enteric pathogens such as Escherichia coli, Shigella sonnei, Bacillus deformans, typhoid and paratyphoid, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Vibrio cholerae. Its ethanol extract has obvious antibacterial effect on some Gram-positive bacteria, negative bacteria and human Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Ume plum soup has been shown to inhibit pathogenic skin fungi such as tinea cruris, tinea floccosa, and Bacillus cereus in the test tube.
Refreshing and anti-aging
Drinking plum wine can promote the body’s metabolism, slow down the aging process and nourish female beauty. It not only looks rosy and lustrous, but also makes the skin and blood vessels look younger. Drinking it throughout the year has an obvious “rejuvenating” effect.
Plum wine is suitable for drinking before or after meals. If it is properly mixed with orange juice, lemon juice, sprite, soda water, etc., it can be made into colorful cocktail wine. The large amount of polyphenols in plum wine can also inhibit the accumulation of fat. In addition to happiness, it also has a body-shaping and weight-loss effect.
First aid medicine for diarrhea
The active ingredients of alcohol and plums promote blood circulation and regulate the stomach and intestines, thus relieving abdominal pain. Nowadays, some people use brewed plum wine as an emergency medicine to prevent sudden abdominal pain.
Plum wine has a detoxifying effect. When harmful ingredients such as koji additives and pesticide residues in food enter the body, they are detoxified by the liver and kidneys and excreted from the body. The active substances contained in plum fruit can improve the detoxification function of the liver and enhance the body’s ability to detoxify water, food and blood. Summer is the season of kidney stones and plums can prevent stones.
Because it is rich in citric acid, calcium in the blood is easily dissolved when combined with citric acid, which can reduce the formation of stones. Thirdly, it can prevent aging and resist aging. Plum tastes very sour. Drinking plum wine can stimulate the salivary glands to secrete more parotid hormones. The parotid hormone can promote metabolism, delay aging, make women red and shiny, make skin tissue and blood vessels tend to be younger, with obvious “rejuvenation” effect.
Plum wine can be consumed all year round. Cold drinks (with ice) and hot drinks (heated) are appropriate before or after meals. If you mix orange juice, lemon juice, sprite, soda water, etc. properly, you can make colorful cocktails. The large amount of polyphenols in plum wine can also inhibit fat accumulation, and also has the function of body shaping and weight loss.
It also has the ability to prevent heat stroke, nourish the stomach, strengthen the spleen, improve beauty, regulate qi, invigorate the blood, anti-aging, improve the immunity of the body, treat diarrhea, eliminate fatigue, and increase appetite.
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