cherries jubilee

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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.{{cite book | last=Ellis | first=R. | title=Good Housekeeping Best-loved Desserts: More Than 250 Scrumptious Recipes | publisher=Hearst | year=2007 | isbn=978-1-58816-550-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vEAWCyqVTFYC&pg=PA109 | access-date=January 15, 2019 | page=109}}

The recipe is generally credited to Auguste Escoffier,{{cite book | title=Good Housekeeping | publisher=Hearst Corporation | issue=v. 231 | year=2000 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8PYxAQAAIAAJ | access-date=August 25, 2018 | page=158}} who prepared the dish for one of Queen Victoria's Jubilee celebrations, widely thought to be the Diamond Jubilee in 1897.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/recipes/cherries-jubilee-553936.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207011313/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/recipes/cherries-jubilee-553936.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 7, 2012 |title=Cherries Jubilee: Serves 4 |work=The Independent |date=2004-07-24}}{{Cite web |last=Swiers |first=Autumn |date=2023-11-23 |title=The Royal Connection To Auguste Escoffier's Timeless Cherries Jubilee |url=https://www.tastingtable.com/1451673/royal-connection-auguste-escoffier-cherries-jubilee/ |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=Tasting Table |language=en-US}}