Cherries Jubilee

Not much trouble --- but what an effect!

Ingredients:

• 1 can dark sweet pitted cherries
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• Dash cinnamon
• Dash cloves
• 1 (3 inch) strip lemon peel
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon water
• 2 large coops vanilla ice cream
• 2 tablespoon kirsch

Directions:

• Drain juice from cherries into a small saucepan
• Add sugar, cinnamon, cloves, and strip of lemon peel.
• Simmer uncovered until juice measures about 1/4 cup.
• Remove lemon peel.
• In a small bowl, blend cornstarch and water until completely smooth.  
• Drizzle into simmering cherry juice, stirring constantly until clear and thickened.
• Add drained cherries.
• Heat to serving temperature.
• Pour into a small chaffing dish.
• Place ice cream in 2 heat-proof dessert dishes.
• Warm kirsch in a small long-handled pot.
• Ignite warm kirsch with a long match.  
• Pour over cherries.
• Shake or stir until flames subside.
• Ladle cherries and sauce over ice cream.