BLUEBERRY JUBILEE RECIPES

Steps:

• Melt butter in 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat; add sugar. Continue cooking, stirring constantly, 2-2 1/2 minutes or until mixture just begins to brown around edges.
• Add reserved cherry juice and cinnamon stick pieces. Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, 1-2 minutes or until mixture is reduced by half.
• Add cherries, vanilla and lemon zest. Bring mixture to a boil; stir in cherry liqueur. Add brandy. Shake pan to ignite brandy; continue cooking until flames subside. (If using electric stove or preparing table side, ignite brandy in pan with a long match.)
• Place ice cream into individual bowls. For each serving, spoon generous 2 tablespoons of cherries and sauce over ice cream.

Steps:

• To make the ice cream, stir the condensed milk into the cream and whisk until soft peaks form, then carry on whisking as you add the lemon and lime juice and the advocaat. Spoon into 2 x 500ml/18fl oz tubs and freeze for 6 hours or overnight. Remember to take it out of the freezer 10–20 minutes before serving.
• To make the cherries jubilee, put the frozen cherries, sugar and lemon juice in a wide, heavy-based saucepan, put the lid on and cook for 3 minutes over medium–low heat, then remove the lid and carry on cooking gently until the cherries are hot, and have exuded a pool of deep red juice.
• Now for a spot of flambéing. Turn off the heat under the pan, measure out the kirsch or your chosen liqueur and then put the bottle safely away from the hob. Throw the liqueur into the pan and quickly, using a long match and standing at arm’s length, set fire to the surface where you’ve just added the alcohol, and swirl the pan. It will flame only briefly, but when the last of the fire has flickered out, pour the cherries and their juices into a heatproof bowl, and let people spoon this over ice cream.