Cherries Jubilee Crepes Recipes

CHERRIES JUBILEE

Steps:

• Evenly scoop the ice cream into 4 dishes or decorative glasses and put in the freezer until ready to serve (this can be done up to 4 hours ahead).
• Wash and pit the cherries. Put the cherries and sugar in a large skillet. Peel 2 strips of zest from the lemon in wide strips with a peeler and add to the cherries. Squeeze the juice of half the lemon over the top. Stir to combine evenly. Cover and cook the cherries over medium-low heat until the sugar dissolves, about 4 minutes. Uncover and cook over medium-high until cherries get juicy, about 5 minutes more.
• To flambe the rum: If cooking over a gas flame, pull the pan off the heat and add the rum. Ignite the alcohol with a long match or one held with tongs. Swirl the pan slightly until the flames subside, about 30 seconds.
• If cooking over an electric stove, put the rum in a small saucepan. Warm it over medium-low heat and carefully light it with a long match or one held with tongs. Pour the lit rum over the cherries, and swirl the pan lightly until the flames subside, about 30 seconds.
• Ladle the cherries and their juices over prepared ice cream scoops. Serve immediately.

TRIPLE-CHERRIES JUBILEE

Steps:

• Place sieve over bowl. Add thawed cherries; let drain. Pour drained juices into heavy medium skillet (set cherries aside). Mix 2 cups cherry juice, dried cherries and sugar into same skillet. Scrape in seeds from vanilla bean; add bean. Boil sauce until reduced to 1 1/2 cups, stirring occasionally, about 12 minutes. Mix arrowroot with remaining 1 tablespoon juice in small bowl. Whisk into sauce. Boil until thickened, about 1 minute. Discard vanilla bean. Mix in drained cherries and orange peel.
• Heat kirsch in skillet over low heat. Remove from heat. Carefully ignite kirsch with match. Carefully pour flaming kirsch into sauce. Scoop ice cream into bowls. Spoon sauce over.

FRESH CHERRY JUBILEE CREPES

Steps:

• In a large sauce pan, over medium heat, melt the butter. Stir in the sugar and cook for about 2 minutes, or until the sugar dissolves. Add the cherries, orange juice and orange zest. Saute for 2 to 3 minutes. In a small cup, stir the cornstarch and water together, for a slurry. Stir the slurry into the cherry mixture and cook for 1 minute. Remove the pan from the heat and pour the brandy over the cherries. Place the pan back on the heat and carefully shake the pan several times to ignite the pan. If the pan does not light use a match to flame the cherries.
• put 2 tbsp ice cream on one end of each crepe,fold into quarters, or roll.
• top with sauce.

CLASSIC CHERRIES JUBILEE

Steps:

• Whisk together the sugar and cornstarch in a wide saucepan. Stir in the water and orange juice; bring to a boil over medium-high heat, whisking until thickened. Stir in the cherries and orange zest, return to a boil, then reduce heat, and simmer for 10 minutes. While the cherries are cooking, spoon the ice cream into serving bowls.
• Remove the cherries from the heat, and stir in the cherry extract. Pour in the brandy, and ignite with a long lighter. Gently shake the pan until the blue flame has extinguished itself. Spoon the cherries over the bowls of ice cream.

CHERRIES JUBILEE CREPES

Steps:

• For crepes, blend all ingredients until smooth.
• Refrigerate at least 2 hours or overnight.
• Heat a 7 or 8" skillet.
• Brush with butter.
• Pour a scan 1/4 cup batter into the pan.
• Tilt pan to coat evenly.
• Cook over medium heat until golden.
• Turn crepe and cook the other side.
• Turn crepe out on plate, keep warm.
• Repeat.
• For filling, beat cream cheese, 1 tablespoon brandy and powdered sugar until soft and creamy.
• Spread 1 tablespoon of this mixture on each crepe.
• Roll up crepes or fold into quarters.
• For sauce, drain cherries, reserving the syrup.
• Combine syrup, nutmeg and cornstarch.
• Heat to boiling, stirring constantly, until mixture is clear and thickened.
• Remove from heat, stir in lemon juice and cherries.
• Heat 1/4 cup brandy in small saucepan.
• Ignite and pour over cherry mixture.
• Spoon cherries and sauce over crepes.

CHERRIES JUBILEE

Steps:

• In a small dish, combine a little cherry juice with sugar and cornstarch. In a skillet, heat juice from cherries over moderate heat. Add cornstarch mixture. When juice thickens, add cherries to warm through. Pour in warmed liqueur, then flame the pan to burn off alcohol. Remove cherries from heat. Scoop vanilla ice cream into large cocktail glasses or dessert dishes and spoon cherries down over ice cream.

CHERRY CREPES JUBILEE

Steps:

• Filling:.
• Combine sugar and flour, add milk and cook stirring until thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir 2 minutes more. Beat eggs and egg yolks slightly. Stir a small amount of the hot mixture into the beaten eggs then return all to the custard mixture. Cook and stir just until boiling. Remove from heat. Beat smooth and stir in the remaining ingredients. Cover with wax paper and let cool.
• Brandied Cherry Sauce:.
• Combine ingredients and heat over low heat. Keep warm.
• Crepes:.
• Beat eggs to blend. Add milk, melted butter, and flour. Beat till smooth. Lightly grease an 8 inch skillet. Heat the skillet. Remove from heat and pour in about 3 tablespoons of crepe batter. Swirl the pan to distribute the batter evenly into a thin smooth circle. Return skillet to heat and cook crepe on one side only. Flip cooked crepe onto a sheet of wax paper. From this point on always place 2 thicknesses of wax paper between each crepe to prevent form sticking and tearing.
• When ready to serve, fill crepes with custard and roll. Place seam side down in an oven proof baking dish. Pat a little butter on top of each crepe and warm in a 350 degree oven. Heat cherry mixture. Heat some additional brandy, flame and pour into cherry mixture. Pour some of the cherry mixture over each crepe to serve.