Cherries jubilee explained

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]

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

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

External links

• Web site: Cherries Jubilee, original Escoffier receipt. Foods of England. 11 September 2015.

Notes and References

1. Book: Ellis, R. . Good Housekeeping Best-loved Desserts: More Than 250 Scrumptious Recipes . Hearst . Good housekeeping . 2007 . 978-1-58816-550-3 . January 15, 2019 . 109.
2. Book: Good Housekeeping . Hearst Corporation . v. 231 . 2000 . August 25, 2018 . 158.
3. News: Cherries Jubilee: Serves 4 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120207011313/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/recipes/cherries-jubilee-553936.html . dead . February 7, 2012 . . 2004-07-24.
4. Web site: Swiers . Autumn . 2023-11-23 . The Royal Connection To Auguste Escoffier's Timeless Cherries Jubilee . 2024-04-11 . Tasting Table . en-US.