Warm Skillet Sour Cherries with Vanilla Ice Cream
A luxurious dessert featuring caramelized sour cherries simmered with kirsch and served warm over premium vanilla ice cream. The combination of tart cherries and sweet caramel creates an elegant dessert that's perfect for special occasions.
Ingredients
- •1 cup sugar
- •1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- •1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- •1½ lb sour cherries
- •2 tablespoons kirsch
- •1 pint vanilla ice cream
- •8 pieces butter cookies
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Rub together sugar and lemon juice in a 12-inch heavy skillet with your fingertips until mixture resembles wet sand. Heat over moderately high heat, swirling skillet slowly, until sugar is melted and pale golden, 5 to 6 minutes. Add butter and swirl skillet until incorporated, about 30 seconds (mixture will bubble up). Add cherries, swirling skillet to coat, and bring to a boil (cherries will exude liquid; caramel will harden). Cook cherries, swirling skillet, until caramel is dissolved, 5 to 8 minutes. Pour through a medium-mesh sieve set over a bowl, then return liquid to skillet and boil until reduced to about 3/4 cup, 6 to 8 minutes. Remove from heat, then add cherries and kirsch. Return to stove and boil 30 seconds.
25 min
- 2.
Spoon warm cherries into shallow bowls and top with scoops of ice cream.
2 min
