Apricots In Rum Raisin Sauce Recipes

BOURBON (OR RUM) RAISINS

Steps:

• Find a mason jar or other glass container with a tight-fitting lid.
• Place the raisins in the jar.
• Pour the bourbon (I use Maker's Mark)over the raisins--enough to cover them.
• Give them a shake and close up the jar.
• Let it sit in your cupboard for a few days (although after just a few hours the raisins will begin to plump), inverting the jar occasionally to make sure all the raisins are getting coated.
• Voila!
• For bourbon or dark rum, I suggest dark raisins.
• For white rum, I suggest golden raisins.

APRICOTS BAKED WITH RUM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 500 degrees. Lightly butter a baking dish large enough to hold the apricots in a single layer.
• Sprinkle the baking dish with a tablespoon of the sugar. Arrange the apricots, cut side up, in a single layer in the dish. Sprinkle with the remaining sugar and half the rum. Dot with the three tablespoons of butter.
• Bake 20 minutes, remove them from the oven and sprinkle with the remaining rum. Set aside to cool 15 minutes.
• Place a scoop of vanilla ice cream on each of six chilled plates. Arrange four apricot halves on each plate and spoon any of the syrup in the baking dish over the ice cream. Serve at once.

RUM RAISIN SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the raisins, 4 tablespoons water, orange juice and pineapple. Bring to a boil. Combine cornstarch and remaining water until smooth; gradually stir into raisin mixture. Cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in extract if desired. , Cut the ham steak into four pieces. In a large skillet coated with cooking spray, cook ham over medium heat for 1-2 minutes on each side or until browned. Serve with raisin sauce.

APPLESAUCE RUM-RAISIN CAKE

Steps:

• Place all the raisins in a small bowl with the rum and let sit overnight or at least 4 hours.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time; mix in applesauce.
• In another bowl, stir together the flours, cornstarch, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and cocoa. Gradually add flour into the batter, mixing until fully incorporated. Stir in the raisins, along with any rum that was not absorbed, and the walnuts. Turn batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven until a tester inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Cool on wire rack.

CRANBERRY SAUCE WITH APRICOTS, RAISINS, AND ORANGE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over medium heat, mix the orange juice, water, cranberries, sugar, apricots, raisins, and orange zest. Stir constantly until sugar has dissolved, about 5 minutes. Bring to a boil, and cook 10 minutes, or until cranberries have burst. Remove from heat, and chill at least 8 hours, or overnight, before serving cold.

APRICOTS IN RUM-RAISIN SAUCE

Steps:

• Boil apricot syrup in heavy small saucepan until reduced to 2/3 cup, about 15 minutes. Mix in 3 tablespoons raisins, 2 tablespoons rum and 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 1 minute. Transfer to medium bowl and mix in 3 tablespoons honey. Refrigerate sauce until cold, at least 1 hour. Mix in apricots. (Rum-raisin sauce can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and keep refrigerated.) Scoop ice cream into bowls; top with apricots and sauce.

FRESH FRUIT SALAD WITH RUM RAISIN SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine fruits in a crystal serving bowl and mix gently.
• Serve with Rum Raisin Sauce.
• RUM RAISIN SAUCE: Combine sour cream, brown sugar, rum and Irish whiskey in a bowl, whisking until blended.
• Fold in raisins.
• Chill, covered for at least 2 hours.