Cherries Jubilee

By junerodgers

Ingredients

• 1 16 oz can pitted dark sweet cherries. drained
• 1/4 cup brandy
• 1/4 cup rum
• 3/4 cup currant jelly
• 1 tsp grated orange peel
• vanille ice cream

Preparation

Step 1

Combine reserved syrup and the rum and pour over cherries. Refrigerate at least four hours. In chafing dish or saucepan, melt jelly over low heat. Stir in cherry mixture and orange peel. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture simmers.

Heat brandy just until warm. Pour slowly over cherries and ignite immediately. Do not stir. Spoon sauce and cherries over ice cream.