Cream Cheese Pancakes With Cherries Jubilee Syrup Food

CHERRIES JUBILEE

Steps:

• Evenly scoop the ice cream into 4 dishes or decorative glasses and put in the freezer until ready to serve (this can be done up to 4 hours ahead).
• Wash and pit the cherries. Put the cherries and sugar in a large skillet. Peel 2 strips of zest from the lemon in wide strips with a peeler and add to the cherries. Squeeze the juice of half the lemon over the top. Stir to combine evenly. Cover and cook the cherries over medium-low heat until the sugar dissolves, about 4 minutes. Uncover and cook over medium-high until cherries get juicy, about 5 minutes more.
• To flambe the rum: If cooking over a gas flame, pull the pan off the heat and add the rum. Ignite the alcohol with a long match or one held with tongs. Swirl the pan slightly until the flames subside, about 30 seconds.
• If cooking over an electric stove, put the rum in a small saucepan. Warm it over medium-low heat and carefully light it with a long match or one held with tongs. Pour the lit rum over the cherries, and swirl the pan lightly until the flames subside, about 30 seconds.
• Ladle the cherries and their juices over prepared ice cream scoops. Serve immediately.

RED LION FLAMBE CHERRIES JUBILEE

Steps:

• In a large saute pan over medium-high heat, add butter, sugar, and honey. Cook until sugar dissolves. Add cherries and its syrup, orange juice, Kirsch, Triple Sec and cinnamon.
• Bring to a simmer. Prop pan to the side to ignite evaporating liqueur, or remove pan from heat, ignite with a long kitchen match. Return to the heat and continue simmering for 4 to 5 minutes. In a small bowl, mix together the cornstarch and water. Stir slurry into mixture and continue cooking until sauce thickens to desired consistency.
• Serve warm over vanilla ice cream.

CHERRIES JUBILEE

Steps:

• Pit cherries over a bowl. In a saute pan dissolve sugar in 1 cup water, add lemon zest and bring to a boil. Mix arrowroot with a little cold water to make a paste. Whisk arrowroot paste into boiling syrup and cook, stirring, until thickened. Add cherries and poach over low heat for 5 to 7 minutes until tender. Heat Kirsch in a separate saucepan. Pour over cherries and CAREFULLY ignite with a long match. Shake pan until flames die down. Scoop ice cream into 4 glass bowls. Spoon cherries and syrup over and serve immediately.;

CHERRIES JUBILEE CREPES

Steps:

• For crepes, blend all ingredients until smooth.
• Refrigerate at least 2 hours or overnight.
• Heat a 7 or 8" skillet.
• Brush with butter.
• Pour a scan 1/4 cup batter into the pan.
• Tilt pan to coat evenly.
• Cook over medium heat until golden.
• Turn crepe and cook the other side.
• Turn crepe out on plate, keep warm.
• Repeat.
• For filling, beat cream cheese, 1 tablespoon brandy and powdered sugar until soft and creamy.
• Spread 1 tablespoon of this mixture on each crepe.
• Roll up crepes or fold into quarters.
• For sauce, drain cherries, reserving the syrup.
• Combine syrup, nutmeg and cornstarch.
• Heat to boiling, stirring constantly, until mixture is clear and thickened.
• Remove from heat, stir in lemon juice and cherries.
• Heat 1/4 cup brandy in small saucepan.
• Ignite and pour over cherry mixture.
• Spoon cherries and sauce over crepes.

FLUFFY AMERICAN PANCAKES WITH CHERRY-BERRY SYRUP

Steps:

• Make the pancake batter up to a day ahead, or just before cooking. Tip the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and 2 tsp sugar into a bowl, add a good pinch of salt and combine with a whisk. Add the eggs, buttermilk or yogurt and milk to the bowl and whisk into a smooth batter. If making ahead, cover and chill until ready to cook.
• Tip the blueberries, cherries, cornflour, 2 tbsp sugar and the vanilla into a pan, and stir until the berries are coated in cornflour. Add 1 tbsp water, then place over a high heat and bubble for a minute or 2 until syrupy but the berries are still holding their shape. Set aside to cool, then remove the vanilla pod, if using. This is best served warm.
• Heat the grill to medium-high and arrange the bacon on a baking tray lined with foil. Set aside. If you have a separate oven, heat this to a low setting (50C/30C fan/gas ½) with a baking tray in it (this is to keep the pancakes warm as you cook them). If not, they can sit under the bacon, just keep a close eye on them.
• Heat a glug of oil in a large, heavy frying pan, wipe the oil around the pan with a piece of kitchen paper, leaving a fine coating of oil on the surface. Transfer the pancake batter to a jug. When the pan is hot but not smoking (keep it over a moderate heat) pour the batter into the pan, making 7-8cm pancakes, with plenty of space between them (you should fit three pancakes in at a time). The batter should sizzle a little as it hits the pan, but not aggressively - adjust the heat if you need to. Cook each pancake until the underside is golden; by this time bubbles should be appearing on the surface and the edges beginning to set, indicating that the pancake is ready to flip over. Use a fish slice to do this. They should take roughly 2 mins on each side. Transfer the pancakes to the warm baking tray. Wipe a little more oil around the pan and continue cooking the rest of the batter in this way. You should make 12 pancakes.
• When you're halfway through the batter, grill the bacon for 4-5 mins on each side until crispy.
• To serve, stack the pancakes with a dollop of mascarpone, bacon, and fruits between each layer, and serve with a jug of maple syrup.