Mixed Summer Fruits in Kirsch
I have in mind to put up some of this preserve each week whilst we have an abundance of fresh fruit to enjoy in the winter months. Its a different version of the Rumptopf but Kirsch is the main spirit being used here. It can be made all at once or bit by bit like the Rumptopf. Yet again this is more for adults than for children. The recipe is from Clearly Delicious a book by Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz which I have referred to before. If the fruit is being added layer by layer weight it down with a coffee saucer or some crumpled greaseproof paper in the jar to keep the fruit submerged in the alcohol. Ingredients: 675g/1 1/2lb of mixed summer fruits eg: - Raspberries - B oysenberries - Blueberries -small Strawberries -Blackberries -Redcurrants -Whitecurrants -Blackcurrants 250g/ 9oz sugar About 300ml/10 fl oz Kirsch Fills one litre/ 1 3/4 pint jar. Pick over the fruits removing any leaves, mouldy or damag...