Cherries Jubilee - Vanilla Ice Cream

Prep Time: 1 hour, 10 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour, 20 minutes

Yield: Serves 4

Cherries Jubilee is a classic flambeed dessert making a wonderful boozy cherry sauce to top vanilla ice cream or other desserts. The cherries soak in liqueur for an hour then are turned into a sweet sauce and flambeed in the process. It's a sight to behold and makes any meal extra special.

Ingredients

• 1 pound fresh Sweet Cherries, destemmed and pitted (frozen, thawed sweet cherries may be substituted)
• ¼ cup Kirshwasser (cherry liqueur)
• ½ cup Granulated Sugar
• 2 tablespoons Lemon Juice
• ½ cup Brandy
• 1 pint Vanilla Ice Cream

Instructions

1. Combine the pitted cherries and Kirsch in a sealed container and allow to sit for an hour, turning the container periodically to douse the cherries.
2. Add the contents to a large, heavy skillet. Sprinkle on the sugar and lemon juice and bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Allow to cook for 5 minutes.
3. Carefully pour the brandy into the skillet and light the liquid toward the outside of the pan (by an edge) with a fireplace match or utility lighter
4. (something long). The skillet will flambé however the fire may be almost invisible. Allow the fire to burn out; 2-3 minutes.
5. Scoop ice vanilla ice cream into 4 bowls and top with the cherries jubilee. Serve immediately.