Recipe (Amazake)
Amazake and Koji
Welcome to Recipe (Amazake) .
You can find two recipes: 1) basic and 2) lacto-fermented.
With Koji and rice, you can make it quite easily.
Please experience by yourself how tasty Amazake is.
Let’s try!
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Recipe 1: basic Amazake
Firstly, basic amazake.
It tastes good both hot and cold.
You can add citrus fruit, ginger or other spices depending on your taste.
Hot Amazake
Ingredients
a) water,
b) koji,
c) cooked rice.
* The ratio of them is 1 : 1 : 2.
- warm a) water to 65℃ (149°F) .
- add b) koji (at room temperature) and c) cooked rice in the hot water.
- mix them well and keep them at 55-60℃ (131-140°F) for 8-12 hours.
* Yogurt maker is strongly recommended to keep it at a constant temperature. - check the sweetness.
If it is in the sweetness of your preference, stop to heat it. - transfer it in the fridge to keep it for about 1 month.
Recipe 2: lacto-fermented Amazake
Next, lacto-fermented Amazake.
Simply put, it’s rice yoghurt.
Because we make full use of the lactic acid bacteria contained in homemade Amazake.
The combination of natural sweetness and sourness creates a delightful flavour.
In addition, full of enzymes and vitamins derived from Koji and lactic acid, it’s very nutritious.
But in any case, please keep it in mind that only not-pasteurised homemade amazake makes this miracle possible.
cold amazake with ice
Ingredients
a) homemade Amazake
b) a jar with a screw-on lid
- Fill the jar to the brim with amazake and close the lid, leaving as little air as possible.
- Keep the jar in the fridge for about 7 days.
- Open the lid and smell it.
If you can smell a pleasant, sour-sweet lactic aroma, take the jar out of the fridge and leave the jar at room temperature for 3-5 days.
* If you don’t smell this aroma, close the lid and put the jar back in the fridge - Check the change of Amazake on a daily basis (colour, taste etc.), using all your instincts.
- When it becomes the taste of your preference, put the jar again inside the fridge and taste it whenever you like. It will keep in the fridge for about 1 month.
