The Spark So Many Recipes Need: Umeboshi

Umeboshi: The punchy, scrumptious, salty-sour flavor bomb your kitchen should never be without

Jan. 8, 2020 1:58 pm ET

I FIRST FELL IN LOVE with the puckery-tart flavor of ume plums at the sushi bar. Frugality led me to it: A vegetarian roll made with salty plum paste and grassy shiso leaves was a very pleasant way to keep my bill in check. Though the common translation for “ume” is “plum,” in fact the tiny, tart fruit is more closely related to an apricot. Pickled, the fruits are called umeboshi. I don’t know why it took me so long to think of using this ingredient in anything but a sushi roll. Umeboshi’s mix of salty and sour—like a darker,...

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