Classic Cherries Jubilee Recipes

CLASSIC CHERRIES JUBILEE

Steps:

• Combine the cherries, sugar, and lemon juice in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook for 5-8 minutes until the sugar dissolves, and the liquid is syrupy.
• Remove the skillet from the heat and carefully pour in the kirsch or rum.
• Return the skillet to the heat and carefully ignite the alcohol with a long fireplace match or utility lighter.
• Gently swirl the cherries in the pan until the flame subsides, in about 45 seconds.
• Serve the hot cherries immediately over scoops of vanilla ice cream. Enjoy!

CHERRIES JUBILEE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add sugar and cherries; stir to combine. Cook until cherries are tender and sugar dissolves, about 5 minutes.
• Remove skillet from heat. Add kirsch, and carefully ignite. Cook until flame is extinguished. Serve warm over vanilla ice cream.

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

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.

CLASSIC CHERRIES JUBILEE

Steps:

• drain cherries, keep syrup.
• combine syrup sugar and cinnamin in pan.
• cook stirring until it boils.
• simmer uncovered without stirring for 2 minutes.
• strain, discard cinnamon.
• return syrup to pan.
• stir in arrowroot and water.
• cook stirring until boils and thickens slightly.
• add cherries, stir until heated through.
• heat brandy, add to sauce.
• set aflame.
• serve imediately with ice cream.

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 cherries (pitted and cleaned) and orange zest, return to boil, then reduce and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove cherries from the heat and stir in the extract. Pour in the brandy (do not stir in--just pour on top of cherry mixture) and ignite with a long lighter. Shake the pan until the blue lame has extinguished itself. Spoon the cherries over bowls of ice cream and serve immediately.