Cherries jubilee

Cherries jubilee is a dessert dish made with cherries and liqueur (typically kirschwasser), which are flambéed tableside, and commonly served as a sauce over vanilla ice cream.^[1]

Cherries jubilee

The recipe is generally credited to Auguste Escoffier,^[2] who prepared the dish for one of Queen Victoria's Jubilee celebrations, widely thought to be the Diamond Jubilee in 1897.^[3][4]

Similar dishes

Other flambéed fruit dishes include Bananas Foster, mangos diablo (mangos flambéed in tequila) and pêches Louis (peaches flamed in whiskey).

See also

• Liquor portal

• List of cherry dishes
• List of desserts
• List of fruit dishes

References

1. Ellis, R. (2007). Good Housekeeping Best-loved Desserts: More Than 250 Scrumptious Recipes. Hearst. p. 109. ISBN 978-1-58816-550-3. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
2. Good Housekeeping. Hearst Corporation. 2000. p. 158. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
3. "Cherries Jubilee: Serves 4". The Independent. 2004-07-24. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012.
4. Swiers, Autumn (2023-11-23). "The Royal Connection To Auguste Escoffier's Timeless Cherries Jubilee". Tasting Table. Retrieved 2024-04-11.

External links

• "Cherries Jubilee, original Escoffier receipt". Foods of England. Retrieved 11 September 2015.