Cherries Jubilee

Name: Cherries Jubilee
Ingredients: 1/4 cup Land O Lakes Unsalted Butter, cut into chunks*; 1/3 cup sugar; 1 (15-ounce) can dark sweet cherries, drained, reserve 1/4 cup juice; 1 (4-inch) cinnamon stick, broken in half; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla; 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest; 1 tablespoon cherry liqueur**; 2 tablespoons brandy***; Vanilla ice cream

9 ingredients

15 steps

Ingredients

1/4 cup Land O Lakes Unsalted Butter, cut into chunks*
1/3 cup sugar
1 (15-ounce) can dark sweet cherries, drained, reserve 1/4 cup juice
1 (4-inch) cinnamon stick, broken in half
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest
1 tablespoon cherry liqueur**
2 tablespoons brandy***
Vanilla ice cream

Directions

1

Melt butter in 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat; add sugar.
2

Continue cooking, stirring constantly, 2-2 1/2 minutes or until mixture just begins to brown around edges.
3

Add reserved cherry juice and cinnamon stick pieces.
4

Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, 1-2 minutes or until mixture is reduced by half.
5

Add cherries, vanilla and lemon zest.
6

Bring mixture to a boil; stir in cherry liqueur.
7

Add brandy.
8

Shake pan to ignite brandy; continue cooking until flames subside.
9

(If using electric stove or preparing table side, ignite brandy in pan with a long match.)
10

Place ice cream into individual bowls.
11

For each serving, spoon generous 2 tablespoons of cherries and sauce over ice cream.
12

*Substitute Land O Lakes Salted Butter.
13

**Substitute 1 tablespoon cherry juice.
14

***Substitute 2 tablespoons apple juice.
15

If using apple juice, cherries and sauce will not ignite.