Clearspring

The original Japanese recipe of cooking and fermenting organic brown rice to convert the complex starches into simple natural sugars. The result being an amazingly sweet and creamy dessert with no added sweeteners. Tastes great with fresh fruit and toasted nuts.

Serve straight from the jar as a hot or cold dessert. A rich & creamy dessert with no added sweeteners & dairy free. Made accordingly to a traditional Oriental recipe by cooking whole grains and adding a special culture, koji, which reduces the starches in the grains into their own sugars, without depleting the grains benefits.

Made from just wholegrains without the added sweeteners or dairy ingredients, amazake can be served straight from the jar as a dessert or topping with fresh fruit and nuts, used in trifles or dilute and season with cinnamon, ginger and citrus zest to make a delicious hot or cold drink.

Small pieces add zest to sushi and rice balls and can be rubbed onto cooked sweetcorn or used in other dishes. Taken alone, umeboshi flesh has been traditionally used as a digestive tonic. Umeboshi are a concentrated food and only a small amount is needed.

Clearspring Umeboshi Purée is a tart and tangy seasoning that can be used to enliven sushi, dips, dressings, spreads and sauces. It is traditionally made in Japan from the finest quality ume fruit slowly pickled in salt, with shiso herb added for colour and flavour.

Quick to cook, delicious flavour and easily digested, Organic Wide Udon Noodles are satisfying and versatile. They are also low in fat and a good source of protein.

Kuzu is a gluten free starch thickener with a smooth texture and neutral flavour that is anturally extracted from the roots of one of Japan’s most vigorous wild plants. ideal to use as a thickener in soups and stews, sweet and savoury sauces, glazes and pie fillings. To use – crush kuzu chunks and thoroughly dissolve in a small amount of cold water. Add to your cooking liquid and heat, stirring continuously until thick and translucent. A half to one tablespoon of kuzu will thicken one cup of liquid.