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
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Submitted 6/13/05.
Source: When You're Entertaining
Submitted By: Linda Wilson
lwilson@mail.heritage.com
Holiday Jubilee