In Good Taste Recipe: Josie's Cherries Flambe

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Cherries Flambé

This is adapted from a James Beard recipe. I changed the quantities and some of the ingredients to make it simpler and more accessible- although his recipes are always hard to beat.

1.5 lbs pitted cherries, (keep any juice that you can)

1/2 cup sugar

½ stick softened butter

1/2 cup cherry brandy or Kirsch

1 pint vanilla ice cream

In a sauté pan over medium heat, combine the cherries and juice with the sugar. Cook, stirring occasionally, to dissolve the sugar and reduce the liquid-3-5 minutes.

Add the butter and stir until melted and completely incorporated. Remove the pan from the heat, add the brandy and return the pan to medium heat. Bring the mixture to a boil. Tilt the pan over a gas flame to catch the brandy- allow flames to burn off. (you can do this with a long handled match instead, if you don’t have a gas stove).

Divide the ice cream among 4 bowls and top with the cherries. Serve immediately.

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