Cherries Jubilee

Ingredients:
  • 1 16-oz. can pitted dark sweet cherries
  • 1/4 C sugar
  • 1 Tbs. cornstarch
  • 1/4 C brandy, cherry brandy, or kirsch

  • Vanilla Ice Cream
Instructions:

Drain cherries reserving 1/2 cup syrup. Set cherries aside. In a medium saucepan or the blazer pan of a chafing dish, combine reserved syrup, sugar and cornstarch. Cook and stir mixture till thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir for 2 minutes more. Stir in the cherries and heat through.

In a small saucepan heat brandy or kirsch until it almost simmers. (If desired, carefully pour heated brandy into a large ladle.) Carefully ignite brandy with a long match and pour over cherry mixture. Stir before serving; serve immediately over vanilla ice cream.


Date Added:January 01, 2002
Classification:Desserts
Source:Better Homes and Gardens
Meal:Dinner
Course:Dessert
Preparation:

Stovetop

Notes:

1998
2 Points Each; 12 Points Total