Rumtopf

By KDHarmon

Ingredients

• Strawberries - washed, large ones halved
• Raspberries - sort carefully, do not wash
• Blackberries - sort carefully, do not wash
• Peach/Apricots - scald 1-2 minutes, peel and pit, quarter
• Plums - wash well, remove stem, halved
• Grapes - wash well, remove from stem
• Cherries - wash, emove stems, pit
• Red currant berries - wash well, remove from stem
• Melons - peel, remove seeds, cut into cubes
• Pears - peel, cut onto 4-8 slices, simmer in mixture of sugar and water
• Pineapple - last fruit, remove rind, center core and cube
• Sugar
• Rum

Preparation

Step 1

For each pound fruit sprinkle 1/2 pound sugar, let soak for on hour, then place in pot.

Cover fruit with rum, about 1-inch above fruit, top up with rum everytime you add new fruit.

Make sure fruits are always covered with rum.