Ingredients
"Strawberries",
"Cherries",
"8 ounces granulated sugar, per pound of fruit",
"1 750 milliliters bottle 108-proof dark rum, per pound of fruit",
"Apricots",
"Peaches",
"Plums, pitted",
"Grapes",
"Nectarines, peeled and pitted",
"Pears",
"Raspberries",
"Pineapple",
"Walnut halves, to taste",
"Raisins, to taste",
"Optional: 2 cinnamon sticks, optional",
"Optional: 2 pods star anise"
Instructions
Gather the ingredients.
Add strawberries, cherries, and/or blackberries, as traditionally they are the first ones to go into the jar. Sprinkle the fruit with the recommended amount of sugar per pound of mixed fruit and let it sit for at least 1 hour.
Pour the rum over the fruit to cover: 1 (750-milliliter) bottle per pound of mixed fruit. Place plastic wrap on top of the liquid, close the jar with the lid, and place it in a cool, dark place for two weeks.
Summer fruits like apricots and peaches are added next. Chop the fruit into bite-sized pieces. Sprinkle the fruit with the recommended amount of sugar per pound of mixed fruit and let it sit for at least 1 hour. Cover with the recommended amount of rum per pound of fruit. Place plastic wrap on top of the liquid, close with the lid, and allow it to rest in a cool dark place for one week.
Add peaches, plums, grapes , and nectarines next. Chop the fruit into bite-sized pieces. Sprinkle the fruit with the recommended amount of sugar per pound of mixed fruit and let it sit for at least 1 hour. Cover with the recommended amount of rum per pound of fruit. Place plastic wrap on top of the liquid, close with the lid, and allow it to rest in a cool dark place for one week.
Add pears and raspberries. Chop the pears into bite-sized pieces. Sprinkle the fruit with the recommended amount of sugar per pound of mixed fruit and let it sit for at least 1 hour. Cover with the recommended amount of rum per pound of fruit. Place plastic wrap on top of the liquid, close with the lid, and allow it to rest in a cool dark place for one week.
Add half a can of pineapple chunks into the jar. Sprinkle the fruit with the recommended amount of sugar depending on how much fruit you added and let it sit for at least 1 hour. Then, add the recommended amount of rum depending on how much pineapple you added.
Add a handful of walnuts, a handful of raisins, the cinnamon sticks and/or star anise to the jar, if using.
After the last fruit is added, place plastic wrap on top of the liquid, close with the lid, and allow it to rest in a cool dark place for at least four weeks before enjoying the rumtopf.
Enjoy.
Prep: PT300M
Cook: PT0M
Total: PT91740M
Serves:
