German Preserved Fruit in Rum (Rumtopf) Recipe

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Serves: 25 Save

Ingredients (16)

  • Strawberries, or any berry, hulled
  • Cherries, pitted
  • 8 ounces granulated sugar, per pound of fruit
  • 1 (750-milliliter) bottle 108-proof dark rum, per pound of fruit
  • Apricots, pitted
  • Peaches, peeled and pitted
  • Plums, pitted
  • Seedless grapes, stems removed
  • Nectarines, peeled and pitted
  • Pears, peeled and cored
  • Raspberries, cleaned
  • Pineapple, canned
  • Walnuts, halved,
  • Raisins, to taste
  • 2 cinnamon sticks, optional
  • 2 pods star anise, optional

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