Peaches Flambe Recipes

PEACHES FLAMBE

Steps:

• Spoon ice cream into 6 dessert dishes; put in freezer til serving time. Just before serving, in chafing dish or medium skillet, mix preserves and orange juice; cook over medium heat til bubbly. Add peaches; heat thoroughly. To flame, heat brandy in small pan or ladle; carefully ignite. Quickly pour over peach mixture; serve at once over ice cream. Serves 6

PEACH FLAMBE WITH RUM

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large saucepan and mix in the sugar. Add the peaches and cook over high heat until the peach wedges soften and begin to render juice and the juices begin to thicken and caramelize, about 5 to 6 minutes. Add the lemon juice and peach preserves and cook an additional 2 to 3 minutes.
• In your kitchen or at the table, add the rum and ignite, burning the alcohol for about 1 minute. Divide the dessert among six serving dishes and serve as is or with a scoop of ice cream in the center.

PEACHES FLAMBE FOR 2

Steps:

• Scoop ice cream into balls; place in freezer while preparing sauce.
• In small chafing dish or saucepan, heat jam, sugar, water and lemon juice, stirring occasionally, until syrupy, about 5 minutes.
• Add peaches and heat through.
• Heat brandy until warm, pour on peaches and ignite immediately.
• Spoon peaches and sauce on ice cream.

CRêPES WITH FLAMBéED PEACHES

Steps:

• Lightly brush a crêpe with melted butter and warm in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat, 15 to 30 seconds. Flip and fold over twice to form a triangle, then transfer to a serving platter. Repeat with the remaining crêpes.
• Sauté the peaches in the butter and sugar in the same skillet over medium-high heat until tender, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Carefully add the rum to the skillet and use a long lighter to ignite. Cook until the alcohol burns off, then stir in the lime juice. Spoon the peaches over the crêpes.