This luscious butter uses one of my favorite types of Japanese teas, genmaicha. Genmaicha is a green tea to which toasted puffed rice is added. The flavor is unique and comforting, and pairs well with the firmer, honey-sweet greengage plum which grows on my family’s property.

Made by macerating freshly picked organic greengage plums in a minimal amount of organic cane sugar overnight, and then slowly cooking them down in a low-heat oven with several bags of loose leaf genmaicha tea until they are reduced to a thick puree that is the most wonderful melding of flavors—the concentration of a fresh, fleshy California plum, with a subtle note of green tea and a toasty rice finish.

100%Vegan&Gluten free.