Cherries Jubilee

Name: Cherries Jubilee
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 16 oz. can pitted dark sweet cherries; 1/4 cup sugar; 2 tbsp cornstarch; 1/4 cup brandy, kirsch, or cherry brandy (i use the cherry brandy); vanilla ice cream

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By Shirley Murtagh
@Squirrelishone

This recipe hails from my Fondue cookbook (Better Homes and Gardens) copy right, no date given but think it must have been published around 1972.
I have made this recipe a few times and everyone quests and family have loved it. It is one of those old tried and true recipes. Really easy to make and quite a show stopper. Enjoy!

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Serves:

Prep:

5 Min

Cook:

5 Min

Method:

No-Cook or Other

Ingredients

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1 16 oz. can pitted dark sweet cherries
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1/4 cup sugar
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2 tbsp cornstarch
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1/4 cup brandy, kirsch, or cherry brandy (i use the cherry brandy)
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vanilla ice cream
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How to Make Cherries Jubilee

Step-by-Step

Drain cherries reserving syrup
Add cold water to syrup to make one cup
In a saucepan blend sugar and cornstarch; gradually add syrup water mixture, mixing well.
Cook and stir over medium heat till mixture is thickened and bubbly.
Remove from Heat; stir in cherries.
Turn mixture into a blazer pan of a chafing dish.
Set pan over hot water (Bain-Marie).
Heat brandy in a small saucepan. (if desired pour heated brandy into a large ladle) Ignite and pour over the cherry mixture.
Stir to blend brandy into the sauce.
Serve immediately over vanilla ice cream.
Serves 6-8
Note Indoors or outdoors: create showmanship and style by flaming classic Cherries Jubilee. The luscious dark sweet cherries, couched in a brandy- flavoured sauce, are ladled over mounds of vanilla ice cream.