German Rum Pot (Rumtopf)

This is great for ice cream! – 1 bottle of good rhum – 1 kg sugar – tons of fruits like pears, apples, mangoes –> like sugar, skinned, cut fruits into layers inside a rumptof ceramic, then pour rum. Cover tight with plastic wrapper then rumptof lid.  Place in dark room or under bed for at least a month. Great for Xmas get together dessert time! 

You will need any kinds of fruits you like, but normally we use:

Apples, skinned, washed, seeded, sliced or cubed

Mangoes, skinned, washed,cored, sliced or cubed

Peaches, skinned, washed, cored, sliced or cubed

Pears, skinned, washed, seeded, sliced or cubed

Plums, washed, cored, sliced or cubed (skinned or not, it doesn’t matter for plums)

1 kg sugar

at least 1 L of good rum

Soak the fruit in the stoneware jar with rum, by alternating sugar, fruit, and rum. So basically, pour some the sugar, top with some of the fruits, then pour some of the rum. Repeat this steps alternating one to another until all ingredients used up.

Cover the stoneware jar with plastic wrap then top with the lid of the jar, which then you cover it with plastic wrap as well.

Place the jar in a cool area of the house (not fridge), such as under bed or cool and somewhat dark storage room/pantry and leave it for 3 months.

Your fruits will be soften and changed in colors once ready. You can check it once awhile after a couple of weeks being stored.

Enjoy~

Print Recipe

Rumtopf

Ingredients

• Apples skinned, washed, seeded, sliced or cubed
• Mangoes skinned, washed, cored, sliced or cubed
• Peaches skinned, washed, cored, sliced or cubed
• Pears skinned, washed, seeded, sliced or cubed
• Plums washed, cored, sliced or cubed (skinned or not, it doesn’t matter for plums)
• 1 kg sugar
• at least 1 L of good rum

Instructions

• Soak the fruit in the stoneware jar with rum, by alternating sugar, fruit, and rum. So basically, pour some the sugar, top with some of the fruits, then pour some of the rum. Repeat this steps alternating one to another until all ingredients used up.
• Cover the stoneware jar with plastic wrap then top with the lid of the jar, which then you cover it with plastic wrap as well.
• Place the jar in a cool area of the house (not fridge), such as under bed or cool and somewhat dark storage room/pantry and leave it for 3 months.
• Your fruits will be soften and changed in colors once ready. You can check it once awhile after a couple of weeks being stored.