Summertime Fruit Salad with Cream

Ingredients

• 1 cup blueberries fresh
• 0.3 cup rum (raspberry-flavored liqueur)
• 1 teaspoon rum (raspberry-flavored liqueur)
• 2 tablespoons juice of lemon fresh
• 2 cups nectarines diced
• 1 cup raspberries fresh
• 3 tablespoons slivered almonds toasted
• 1 cup strawberries sliced
• 2 teaspoons sugar 
• 5 tablespoons sugar 
• 1 cup cherries sweet pitted halved
• 0.3 cup water 
• 0.3 cup whipping cream 

Equipment

• bowl
• sauce pan
• blender

Directions

1. Combine 1/3 cup water, 5 tablespoons sugar, 1/4 cup Chambord, and juice in a small saucepan over medium-low heat; bring to a boil. Simmer 8 minutes or until sugar dissolves, stirring frequently.
2. Remove from heat, and cool.
3. Combine nectarines and next 4 ingredients (through blueberries) in a large bowl.
4. Add sugar mixture, and toss gently to coat.
5. Place whipping cream and 2 teaspoons sugar in a medium bowl, and beat with a mixer at high speed until stiff peaks form. Fold in 1 teaspoon Chambord.
6. Serve whipped cream over fruit, and sprinkle evenly with almonds.