【Japanese Food】Aka Shiso Juice (Red Perilla Juice) // Recipes from a Japanese kitchen🇯🇵

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■Aka-shiso■
Aka-shiso (red shiso, red perilla) is a kind of herb only available from June to mid-July. In Japan, many people use it to make umeboshi (pickled plums) or juice. In my home, we make a lot of aka-shiso syrup during the summer and enjoy it for a year.
■Ingredients of Shiso Juice■
600g aka-shiso (red perilla)
4000ml water
1kg sugar
50-100g citric acid (depends if you like sour)
#shisojuice

[@TheBeatles..]

must taste amazing

[@Brekner]

"Natsuyuki Rendezvous" anime brought me here, lol. This is translated as "beefsteak plant juice" and I just had to see what the hell that was, lol.

[@dani5379]

nice

[@palomasdailykitchen]

Thanks 👍👍

[@quynhanhnguyen9614]

Can I replace sparkling water with Sprite? Will this change make a big difference? Last time I tried Sprite with another type of syrup the taste of Sprite became too overwhelming

[@palomasdailykitchen]

I have never tried it, but as the syrup is sweet itself, I think you’d better not mix it with sweetened beverage. As you mentioned, it will also mask the flavor of shiso 🤔