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Holiday Jubilee Recipe | |
American Dessert | |
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Ingredients:
1 cup syrup from Celebration Cherries(recipe follows)2 teaspoons cornstarch 1 tablespoon water 1 1/2 cups Celebration Cherries 1/4 cup light rum or brandy Vanilla ice cream Celebration Cherries: 2 pkgs.(20 oz. each) frozen unsweetened loose-pack pitted dark sweet cherries 2 cups sugar 1 bottle(4/5 quart)light rum or brandy Quick Celebration Cherries: 1 can(17 oz.)pitted dark sweet cherries in extra heavy syrup 1/2 cup light rum
Directions:
1. Heat syrup in chafing dish or saucepan just to simmering. Mix cornstarch and water; stir gradually into syrup. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened; reduce heat. Simmer 2 minutes. Stir cherries into syrup. 2. Heat rum in small saucepan. Ignite and pour over cherries. Serve hot over ice cream. Celebration Cherries: Makes 2 1/4 cups syrup, 2 1/2 cups cherries. Place cherries in large glass jar. Pour sugar over cherries; add rum and cover. Refrigerate, shaking occasionnally until sugar dissolves, at least 3 weeks. Leftover Celebration Cherries can be served as an after-dinner liqueur. Serve picks with the cherries. Good served cold over ice cream. Tip: For a quicker version of Celebration Cherries follow recipe below. Quick Celebration Cherries: Drain Cherries, reserving 1/2 cup syrup. Mix reserved syrup and rum; stir in cherries and cover. Refrigerate 3 hours | |