Irish Cherries Jubilee

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 (20 ounce) can sweet cherries
• 1/2 teaspoon arrowroot
• 1 medium cinnamon stick
• 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
• 2 fluid ounces irish whiskey, heated
• 2 fluid ounces kirsch, heated
• 16 fluid ounces vanilla ice cream

Recipe

• 1 drain the cherries, reserving the juice.
• 2 combine the reserved juice and arrowroot, blending well.
• 3 pour into a preheated flat shallow chafing dish, and stir and cook for 3 minutes.
• 4 add the cinnamon stick and lemon juice, and then add the cherries and heat to boiling.
• 5 remove the cinnamon stick and pour on the preheated liquors and ignite.
• 6 ladle the flamed cherries over ice cream or other desserts.