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RUM POT

Ye might think it's early tae think of Christmas but this thingie..a Rum Pot..is started now..:)
OK. The strawberry season arrives first and other fruits are added as they come along.
But don't add apples, bananas, melons, grapes, pears, pineapples or citrus fruit.
These are not suitable candidates for a rum pot.
A ceramic rum pot is preferred as it disnae let light in but ye can use a wide mouth gallon jar if yer stuck.
Wash and rinse container, scald it with boiling water and leave to dry.
Don't use glazed pottery jars of unknown origin as the glaze may contain lead
which the alcohol will leach out into the fruit mixture. Same wae crystal.
Allow 2 weeks between the addition of each new batch of fruit and sugar.
The 2 weeks can be extended if the fruit ye have in mind is not in season yet,
but gently stir the mixture every two weeks anyway.
All the fruit used must be fully ripe, undamaged, clean and dry.

Here it is..:) Also known as Rumtopf, from its German origins.
Brandy can be used in place of rum. But it's a great fave wae Jamaicans here in Canada..:)
Tp prepare fruit, stem cherries and prick with a toothpick or bamboo skewer to help flavour absorbtion.
Pick over raspberries and currants, half and stone plums and apricots and peel, stone and quarter peaches.
This can be served as is, as a liqueur or as a sauce over ice cream, custard, trifle or cake.

3 1/2 cups strawberries, hulled
Granulated sugar
About 1 litre light rum
1 lb each, prepared: sour cherries, sweet cherries,
raspberries, red or black currants,
plums, peaches, apricots

Place strawberries in rum pot or wide mouthed gallon jar.
Sprinkle with 1/2 pound sugar )or one cup plus 2 tablespoons.
Let stand 30 minutes.
Gentl and slowly pour enough rum down inside wall of container
to cover fruit by 2 inches.
If any fruit floats to the surface then weight it down.
A small plate mayfit in the rum pot.
Cover with plastic wrap and store in a cool dark place or refrigerate.

Every two weeks, as fruit comes into season:

In bowl, mix fruit with 1/2 pound sugar.
Let stand 30 mins. Add to rum pot and top up with rum.
Weight down fruit if necessary.

To have rum pot ready for Christmas, make last edition by first week of October.

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