The sheer delight of Cherries Jubilee

• 20 May 2022, 5:00am
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Makes: Serves 4

Takes: 2 hours, including marinading time

Bakes: No time at all

200g cherries

1 pint vanilla ice cream

65ml kirsch

50g caster sugar

1. First, stone the cherries and remove their stalks. Pop the cherries in a small, lidded tupperware, and slosh in the kirsch. Put the lid on the tupperware, and shake a little: leave the cherries for a couple of hours to absorb the alcohol, occasionally shaking the container.
2. Place the sugar and 50ml water into a deep pan with a long handle over a medium heat: heat until the sugar completely dissolves, and then continue cooking for a minute or two. Pour in the cherries and any excess kirsch. Using a long-handled lighter, and ensuring that the pan is in a safe area, where any flames will not catch anything else, ignite the liquid, and cook, shaking the pan very gently, until the blue flames extinguish.
3. Scoop two balls of ice cream per person into individual bowls or a big sharing dish. Pour the cherries and their juices and liquor over the top, and serve immediately.