Recipes - Black Stripe White Rum - Appetizers Home About Us Products Tours Retail Stores News & Events Recipes Shop On Line Links Downloads Licensee/Trade Site Map Contact Us Rum Apricot Delights   Ingredients: 12 Small Apricots 12 Almonds, whole   2 tbsp. Black Stripe Rum Mini Banana 1/2 cup All Purpose Flour   Rum Cake 1/2 cup cornstarch 3 tbsp. Sugar Rum Apricot Delights 1/2 tsp. Salt   1/2 tsp. Cinnamon   1/2 tsp. Baking Powder   1/2 cup Water   3 tbsp. Melted Butter   1 1/2 quart Vegetable oil for frying   Confectioners sugar for dusting         Instructions:       Preheat the vegetable oil in a deep-fryer or heavy deep 4-quart saucepan to 350 F. Slit each apricot along the cleft just enough to remove the pit, leaving the apricots whole. Replace each pit with a whole almond and place the apricots in a large bowl with the slit side up. Sprinkle the apricot slits with Black Stripe Rum. For the batter, whisk together the flour, cornstarch, sugar, salt, cinnamon, and baking powder until combined. Then whisk in the water, then the melted butter. Add 1 tablespoon of water is batter is to thick. Dip the apricots one at a time into the batter and then fry 6 to 7 minutes, turning to brown both sides, until golden. Drain on paper towels and keep warm until all are done. Just before serving, dust generously with confectioners' sugar.