Flaming Cherry Sundaes Recipes

Steps:

• Put a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the cherries, cinnamon stick, sugar and cornstarch and cook until the sugar starts to melt, about 1 minute. Add the wine, bring the mixture to a boil and cook until the wine has reduced and is slightly thickened, about 4 minutes.
• Remove from the heat, remove the cinnamon stick and stir in the vinegar.
• Scoop vanilla ice cream into bowls and top with the warm cherries and red wine sauce.

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine wine or cherry juice and sugar; bring to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Add cherries and return to a boil. Remove from heat and transfer cherries to a bowl, leaving liquid in pan. Let stand 5 minutes. Strain any juice that has accumulated from cherries back into the pan. Bring liquid back to a boil and boil over high heat until volume is reduced by half, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and almond extracts. Let cool until lukewarm. Scoop ice cream into 6 stemmed wine glasses or dessert dishes. Top with equal amounts of cherry sauce and whipped topping. Garnish with almonds and a chocolate covered cherry.

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan over medium heat, bring the cream, sugar, corn syrup or honey, cocoa, and salt to a simmer, whisking until the sugar dissolves and the mixture thickens slightly, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in the chocolate and let cook until the chocolate melts. Stir in butter and vanilla or liquor. Let cool slightly. Contrary to its name, hot fudge is best served warm, not piping hot.
• For assembly, make the whipped cream. Using a whisk or an electric mixer, beat the cream, sugar, and vanilla until soft peaks form.
• Pour a little fudge sauce into the bottoms of sundae dishes or bowls. Top with ice cream, then more hot fudge, then nuts if using. Cover all with whipped cream and a cherry if you like. Serve.

Steps:

• Pour cherry pie filling, cinnamon, cloves, and orange juice into a large pan.
• Add cherry liqueur and bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
• Scoop ice cream into sundae dishes.
• Top with hot cherries.

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• Arrange 6 paper muffin cases on a baking sheet. Whisk together the cream and icing sugar until stiff. Fold in the almonds and rum.
• Crumble the biscuits and put the pieces in the bottom of the paper cases. Divide the cream between them and top with a cherry. Freeze for 1-2 hrs until firm. (They will keep in the freezer for up to 2 weeks.) Remove from the freezer 20 mins before serving, and drizzle with the chocolate.

Steps:

• Make the waffles: Put the milk in a medium microwave-safe bowl and microwave until warm, about 1 minute. Remove 1/2 cup of the warm milk to a small bowl, sprinkle the yeast on top and set aside until foamy, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir the cocoa powder into the remaining 1 cup warm milk and set aside 5 minutes.
• Whisk the egg, vegetable oil, sugar and vanilla into the cocoa mixture. In a large bowl, whisk the flour and salt, then add the egg-cocoa mixture and the yeast mixture and stir until combined. (It's OK if there are some lumps.) Fold in the chocolate chips. Cover and set aside until the batter is almost doubled in size, 1 to 2 hours.
• Preheat the oven to 250˚ F. Heat a waffle iron to medium high. Brush with melted butter, then add 2/3 cup to 1 cup batter and cook until crisp, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove to a baking sheet, then repeat to make more waffles. Transfer the baking sheet to the oven to keep the waffles warm.
• Make the flambéed cherries: Combine the cherries, sugar, cinnamon stick, salt and water in a large skillet and bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring. Cover, reduce the heat to medium low and cook, swirling the pan occasionally, until the cherries are softened, 4 to 7 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and pour in the rum. Return to medium-high heat and carefully tilt the pan to ignite the rum, then swirl the pan until the flame burns out. Reduce the heat to medium and continue to simmer until the sauce coats the back of a spoon, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the butter and swirl the pan until melted.
• Divide the waffles among plates. Top each with a scoop of ice cream, then spoon the cherries and sauce on top.

Steps:

• Combine 4 cups frozen cherries, 1 cinnamon stick, 1 cup sugar and 2 tablespoons cornstarch in a saucepan over medium-high heat and cook until the sugar starts to melt, about 1 minute. Add 2 cups dry red wine, bring to a boil and cook until slightly thickened, about 4 minutes. Remove from the heat, remove the cinnamon stick and stir in 2 teaspoons red wine vinegar. Serve over vanilla ice cream.

Steps:

• Place the brownies and ice cream in chilled bowls and set aside in the refrigerator. Thaw and strain the frozen cherries. In a medium saucepan, whisk together the juice from the frozen cherries, brandy and the cornstarch. In a saute pan, over high heat, melt the butter and sugar. Add the fresh and frozen cherries. Carefully pour in the brandy mixture. If it does not burst into flames spontaneously, ignite with a match. Gently swirl the pan. Soak the sugar cubes in the rum. Pour the cherries around the ice cream. Top with a glob of marshmallow cream and plant a sugar cube on top. Light the cube with a match.
• Marshmallow Cream: In a small saucepan fitted with a candy thermometer, bring the water, corn syrup, and 3/4 cup of the sugar to 246 degrees F (firm ball). In the meantime, in a completely clean, dry mixing bowl, with an electric mixer, whisk the egg whites, salt, and cream of tartar until creamy and foamy, about 2 minutes. Still whisking, sprinkle in the remaining 1 tablespoon of sugar and continue to whisk until the whites hold very soft peaks, about 2 minutes. While mixing on slow speed, carefully drizzle in the hot syrup. Turn the mixer to high and whisk until thick, fluffy, and just warm, about 7 minutes. Turn the mixer to low and whisk in the vanilla.

Steps:

• In a dry heavy saucepan (about 1-quart capacity) cook sugar over moderate heat, without stirring, until it begins to melt. Continue cooking sugar, stirring with a fork, until melted and swirl pan until sugar is deep golden caramel. Remove pan from heat and stir in cream, kirsch, and salt, stirring until smooth (mixture will bubble up). Stir in hazelnuts and let sauce cool. Scoop ice cream into 4 sundae dishes and spoon sauce over it. Sprinkle sundaes with cherries.

Steps:

• Heat cherries.
• Stir in 1 teaspoon brandy flavoring or brandy.
• Divide ice cream between 2 dessert dishes.
• Spoon warm cherry sauce on ice cream.
• Can substitute vanilla pudding for ice cream.