Rumtopf Recipe

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Ingredients:

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12 cups sugar (about 5 1/2 lbs)
3 cups water
4 1/2 quarts golden rum (buy two 1.75 liter and 1 750 ml bottles) or 4 1/2 quarts light rum (buy two 1.75 liter and 1 750 ml bottles)
5 lbs large peaches, peeled,halved and pitted
4 1/2 lbs green seedless grapes, stemmed
3 1/2 lbs pears, peeled,halved and cored
3 lbs red seedless grapes, stemmed
15 dark sweet cherries

Directions:

In a 8 quart stockpot, combine sugar and water.
Heat to boiling over medium heat, stirring constantly.
Continue to cook until temperature reaches 235 degrees, stirring occasionaly to prevent sugar from crystallizing on sides of pot.
Cool slightly, then gradually stir in rum until blended.
Set aside.
In a rumtopt crock, or if you don't have one, a clean wide-mouth 2 1/2 gallon jar, arrange fruit in layers, making sure to pack jar tightly.
Ladle syrup into jar, covering fruit completely.
Wipe rim clean with damp cloth and seal jar.
Store in refridgerator at least 2 months before serving.
As time passes, the fruit will absorb the rum syrup and float in the solution.
The rumtopf can also be made gradually, by making the rum syrup in advance.
As fruit ripens in the summer a layer of it is added to the crock, covered with the rum syrup and covered, until the next fruit came into season and another layer was added, until fall when the crock was well packed with layers of several different fruits.
The crock was sealed each time a layer was added with a tight fitting lid and with sacking covering the lid and tied around the neck.
It was stored in a cold dark place in the back of the basement or in a root cellar.
It was always ready to serve at Christmas time.
Ours always had peaches, pears, plums, apricots, cherries and sometimes grapes.

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Nutrition Facts

Per Serving Per 100 g

Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories	3760.55 Kcal (15745 kJ)
Calories from fat	0 Kcal
		% Daily Value*
Total Fat	0g	0%
Sodium	31.33mg	1%
Potassium	1694.26mg	36%
Total Carbs	573.21g	191%
Sugars	531.54g	2126%
Dietary Fiber	16.52g	66%
Protein	7.12g	14%
Vitamin C	37.8mg	63%
Calcium	106.7mg	11%

Amount Per 100 g
Calories	172.68 Kcal (723 kJ)
Calories from fat	0 Kcal
		% Daily Value*
Total Fat	0g	0%
Sodium	1.44mg	1%
Potassium	77.8mg	36%
Total Carbs	26.32g	191%
Sugars	24.41g	2126%
Dietary Fiber	0.76g	66%
Protein	0.33g	14%
Vitamin C	1.7mg	63%
Calcium	4.9mg	11%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

salty
savory
bitter
sweet

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