Basic Rum Pot Fruit Recipe

11 ingredients
4 steps

Ingredients

  • 3 cups strawberries hulled
  • 2 cups gooseberries prepared
  • 2 cups cherries
  • 2 cups red currants
  • 2 cups black currants
  • 2 cups raspberries
  • 2 cups apricots
  • 2 cups plums
  • 2 cups pears
  • 10 cups sugar
  • 2 quarts rum

Directions

  1. 1
    Sprinkle strawberries with 1 1/2 cup sugar.
  2. 2
    Cover, and let stand 30 minutes Place in the rum pot and pour in enough rum to cover the fruit by about two finger-widths.
  3. 3
    Cover the pot with plastic wrap, and put on the lid.
  4. 4
    Place in a cool room, and stir the fruit gently every two or three days Starting with the gooseberries, or as the fruits ripen, add the remaining fruits in layers; Mix 1 cup of fruit with 1/2 cup of the sugar before adding it to the pot, and each tim

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