May 2019-Cooking with Rum

                                 Spirited Meat Loaf

Ingredients:

  • 1 lb. ground beef
  • 1⁄2 lb. pork sausage (sage flavored)
  • 1 white onion, finely chopped
  • 1⁄4 C. water
  • 1⁄4 C. dark or spiced rum
  • 1 carrot, finely chopped
  • 2 stalks celery, finely chopped
  • 1egg
  • 3⁄4 C. bread crumbs
  • 1 C. canned tomatoes
  • 1 C. ketchup
  • 1 tsp. finely chopped garlic
  • 2 Tbsp. parsley, finely chopped
  • 2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
  • salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Mix all ingredients together, except the tomatoes, ketchup, water and rum.
  2. Form into a loaf. Put in roaster.
  3. Pour water, rum, tomatoes and ketchup over meat and cover pan. Bake for 3 hours. Serve hot.
  4. Add 2 tablespoons of rum to the sauce left in the pan and pour it over the loaf.

                      Rummy-Yummy Pound Cake

Ingredients:

  • 4 sticks butter, will need additional to grease pans
  • 21⁄2C. sugar
  • 7 lrg. eggs
  • 4 C. cake flour, sift before measuring
  • 2 Tbsp. dark rum

Directions:

  1. Butter two 8 x 4 inch pans and set aside, do notpreheat oven. In a large mixing
  1. bowl beat butter with electric mixer for 2 minutes on medium speed, until lightens in color.
  2. Slowly add sugar to butter until completely combined. Begin mixing mixture again until light and fluffy, approximately 3 minutes.
  3. In a separate small bowl whisky eggs until foamy and set aside. In a separate bowl begin combining flour and eggs using electric mixer set on low speed. Add the rum and beat on low speed until blended.
  4. Divide the batter between the pre-greased pans. Smooth the tops with a spatula dipped in water.
  5. Place both pans in the oven and set temperature to 275°F and bake for 30 minutes. Increase temperature to 350°F and bake for an additional 45 minutes. Insert a cake tester into center of each cake to see if the come out clean. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 30 minutes.
  6. While cakes are in the pan, you can drizzle more rum and allow cakes to absorb it. Invert pans and allow cakes to cool for an additional hour. Slice into half inch slices and serve on plate.
  7. Garnish with whipped cream and fresh berries. For those of you how can’t get enough rum, soak the berries in additional rum!