Healthy Desserts Recipes - Cherries Jubilee

Ingredients

• 425g can seeded black cherries in syrup

• 1 tablespoon caster sugar

• 1 cinnamon stick

• 2 teaspoons arrowroot

• 1 tablespoon water

• 1/3 cup (80ml) brandy

• 1 liter low-fat vanilla ice­cream

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Method:

1. Drain cherries, reserve syrup. Combine syrup, sugar and cinnamon stick in medium pan, bring to boil; simmer, uncovered, without stirring, for 2 minutes. Strain; discard cinnamon stick.

2. Return syrup to pan, stir in blended arrowroot and water, stir over heat until sauce boils and thickens slightly. Add cherries, stir over low heat until warm.

3. Heat brandy, add to sauce, set aflame. Serve immediately with ice-cream.