Winter Rumpot

I came across this idea when I was living in Germany, where they collect many varieties of summer fruits according to the season, and layer them together with sugar and alcohol for eating in winter. It is called Rumtopf. In this recipe, however, I use only the soft fruit featured in this book. You may use either strong dark rum or even vodka of at least 43 per cent alcohol to preserve them, but in Italy we can get a strong pure spirit of at least 95 per cent. The end result is wonder