Rum

Rum is an alcohol made from fermented molasses, with earthy, fruity, funky fermented, and green grassy aromas. Cooks use it in baking, marinades, and uncooked dishes, and pair it with raisins.

Contains alcohol

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category: Drinks
Made from: Molasses
Cooked most in: Asia
Top country: Indonesia
Dishes: 1 in the catalogue

Photo: Arnaud 25 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use rum

Typical ways to cook or use it

Bake
Marinade
Raw

Goes well with

raisin

Flavour

Taste and texture

Aroma

Earthy
Fruity
Funky fermented
Green grassy

Around the world

Where rum is cooked

1 dish in the catalogue uses rum. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Asia1

Countries whose dishes use it most

Indonesia 1

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list rum among their ingredients.

Origins

The 1520s · Brazil
Rum production was recorded in Brazil in the 1520s.

On the table

Dishes made with rum

1 dish in the catalogue uses it.

Klappertaart
Indonesia

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include rum.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: rum in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.

Alcohol: Contains

Family

Related forms

Made from: molasses (fermented)

Around the world

What rum is called

Names in 87 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
ron
French
rhum · Le rhum · Alcool de canne
Italian
rum · ron · rhum
Portuguese
rum
German
Rum · Rhum
Dutch
rum
Greek
ρούμι
Turkish
rom · Rum · Rom içkisi
Russian
ром
Polish
rum
Arabic
رم
Persian
رام

Show all 87 languages

Afrikaans
Rum
Albanian
Rum
Aragonese
Ron
Armenian
Ռոմ
Asturian
ron
Azerbaijani
Rom
Balinese
Rum
Bangla
রাম (পানীয়)
Basque
ron · ron zahar
Belarusian
Ром
Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)
Ром
Bosnian
Rum
Breton
Rom
Bulgarian
Ром
Burmese
ရမ်
Cantonese
冧酒 · Rum
Catalan
rom
Chinese
兰姆酒 · 朗姆酒 · 琅姆酒 · 萊姆酒
Chuvash
Ром
Cornish
romm · dowr tomm molas
Croatian
rum
Czech
rum
Danish
rom
Egyptian Arabic
روم · رم
Esperanto
rumo
Estonian
rumm
Faroese
Romm
Finnish
rommi
Galician
ron
Georgian
რომი
Haitian Creole
Wonm · Wòm · Ronm
Hebrew
רום
Hindi
रम
Hungarian
rum
hyw
Ռոմ
Icelandic
romm
Ido
rumo
Indonesian
Rum · Rhum
Irish
rum
Japanese
ラム酒 · ラム
Javanese
Rum
Kazakh
Ром
Korean
럼 · 럼주
Latin
rhomium
Latvian
rums
Lithuanian
romas
Luxembourgish
Rum
Macedonian
Рум
Malay
Rum
Malayalam
റം · Rum
Min Nan Chinese
Rum
Mingrelian
რომი
Northern Frisian
rum
Norwegian Bokmål
rom
Norwegian Nynorsk
drikken rom · Brennevinet Rom · Rom
Occitan
rom
Papiamento
Ròm
Punjabi
ਰਮ
Romanian
rom
Rusyn
Ром
Serbian
рум
Serbian (Latin)
Rum
Sicilian
Rhum
Simplified Chinese
朗姆酒 · 兰姆酒
Simplified Chinese (China)
朗姆酒
Simplified Chinese (Malaysia)
兰姆酒
Simplified Chinese (Singapore)
兰姆酒
Slovak
rum · Tuzemský rum
Slovenian
rum
Swedish
rom
Tamil
ரம்
Telugu
రం
Thai
รัม
Traditional Chinese
蘭姆酒
Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)
冧酒
Traditional Chinese (Macao SAR China)
蘭姆酒
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
蘭姆酒
Ukrainian
ром
Uzbek
Rom
Vietnamese
Rượu Rum · Rum
Welsh
rỳm
Wu Chinese
朗姆酒
Yakut
Ром
Yiddish
ראם

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos
Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Wikidata item: Q83376

Photos