Flambeed Fruit Cocktail recipe
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335 calories per serving
ingredients
350 g (12 oz) gooseberries
225 g (8 oz) cherries
350 g (12 oz) fresh pineapple
1 large ripe peach
150 ml (1/4 pint) apple juice
2 tablespoons sugar
50 g (2 oz) butter
3 tablespoons Grand Marnier
3 tablespoons cherry brandy
225 g (8 oz) cherries
350 g (12 oz) fresh pineapple
1 large ripe peach
150 ml (1/4 pint) apple juice
2 tablespoons sugar
50 g (2 oz) butter
3 tablespoons Grand Marnier
3 tablespoons cherry brandy
method
1. Wash and top and tail the gooseberries. Wash, halve and stone the cherries. Peel, slice, then dice the pineapple. Blanch and peel the peach and cut it into thin wedges.
2. Poach the fruit for 10 minutes in the apple juice and half the sugar over a low heat in a covered pan, then drain the fruit in a sieve and reserve 4 tablespoons of the juice.
3. Melt the butter in a flambe pan and stir in the remaining sugar until it caramelizes. Warm the drained fruit in the caramelized sugar, stirring frequently.
4. Mix the Grand Marnier with the cherry brandy and warm slightly in a ladle over a low flame. Pour the mixture over, the fruit and flame.
After a few seconds, extinguish the flames with the reserved fruit juice.
Serve with: vanilla icecream and whipped cream.
2. Poach the fruit for 10 minutes in the apple juice and half the sugar over a low heat in a covered pan, then drain the fruit in a sieve and reserve 4 tablespoons of the juice.
3. Melt the butter in a flambe pan and stir in the remaining sugar until it caramelizes. Warm the drained fruit in the caramelized sugar, stirring frequently.
4. Mix the Grand Marnier with the cherry brandy and warm slightly in a ladle over a low flame. Pour the mixture over, the fruit and flame.
After a few seconds, extinguish the flames with the reserved fruit juice.
Serve with: vanilla icecream and whipped cream.
serving amount
serves 4
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