If you are looking for a dessert to impress your friends this may be the one with cherries flambéed and served over ice cream.
The flames may get quite high when flambéing so pay attention to anything flammable above and around where you ignite the cherries. When the initial large flame has died down a small blue flame will continue to burn for several seconds. Shake or stir the cherries gently to expose more alcohol to the flame being careful that they do not burn. The goal is to have the small blue flame burn for as long as possible thereby reducing the raw alcohol flavour, caramelizing the sugars and entertaining your guests.
Delicious & easy to make. I didn't have any cherry extract on hand, so I followed a previous reviewer's advice & substituted with almond extract. Unfortunately we lit the pan outside, and couldn't see the blue flame because it was too bright out. We could hear the flame interestingly enough & feel the heat, so we knew it worked. My advice would be to light the flame in a darker setting so you can enjoy the display. We'll do this one again. - 08 Jul 2007 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
Makes great pie filling! I had a bunch of fresh cherries to use up, and almost all the recepies I was interested in needed pie filling. I came across this and thought - 2 desserts in one! Sometimes cherry pie filling is just too "cherry". I like rich flavor that comes from the addition of orange and brandy. Plus I used almond extract instead of cherry extract. We ate 2 servings of it right away as Cherries Jubilee, and saved the left overs for Cherry Crisp the next day. Wonderful! - 05 Jul 2007 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
Excellent and I made a few substitions. I used 1/2 teas Brandy extract and 1/2 teas vanilla extract instead of the brand and cherry extract. Whole family loved it! - 01 Jun 2008 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)