Peaches Flambe Recipes

HOLLY'S PEACH FLAMBE CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F for lightly colored pans or 300 degrees F for dark colored pans.
• For the crust: In a small bowl, toss crumbs with melted butter. Press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Bake for 8 minutes. Set aside.
• For the filling: Meanwhile, combine cream cheese and sugar until well blended. Stir in peach schnapps until just blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, stirring after each addition until just blended.
• Pour onto crust.
• Using heavy duty foil, wrap outsides and bottom of pan. Place cheesecake on a wire rack inside a larger pan. Fill larger pan with very hot water 1/3 the way up the springform pan. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes or until center is almost set. Remove cheesecake from hot water bath and remove foil. Let stand 10 minutes before running knife around the edge to loosen cake from sides. Cool for 1 hour then refrigerate uncovered at least 4 hours or overnight.
• Just before serving: Remove cake from icebox and remove the sides of the pan. Transfer cheesecake to serving plate. While preparing the topping, allow cheesecake to come to room temperature.
• For the topping: In a large skillet, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add brown sugar and allow mixture to caramelize. Add peaches, cook for 3 to 4 minutes or until peaches are well coated and tender. Add brandy and ignite to flambe the peaches. Serve immediately over slice of cheesecake and garnish with walnuts, if desired.

CRêPES WITH FLAMBéED PEACHES

Steps:

• Lightly brush a crêpe with melted butter and warm in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat, 15 to 30 seconds. Flip and fold over twice to form a triangle, then transfer to a serving platter. Repeat with the remaining crêpes.
• Sauté the peaches in the butter and sugar in the same skillet over medium-high heat until tender, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Carefully add the rum to the skillet and use a long lighter to ignite. Cook until the alcohol burns off, then stir in the lime juice. Spoon the peaches over the crêpes.

PEACHES FLAMBE FOR 2

Steps:

• Scoop ice cream into balls; place in freezer while preparing sauce.
• In small chafing dish or saucepan, heat jam, sugar, water and lemon juice, stirring occasionally, until syrupy, about 5 minutes.
• Add peaches and heat through.
• Heat brandy until warm, pour on peaches and ignite immediately.
• Spoon peaches and sauce on ice cream.

PEACH FLAMBE WITH RUM

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large saucepan and mix in the sugar. Add the peaches and cook over high heat until the peach wedges soften and begin to render juice and the juices begin to thicken and caramelize, about 5 to 6 minutes. Add the lemon juice and peach preserves and cook an additional 2 to 3 minutes.
• In your kitchen or at the table, add the rum and ignite, burning the alcohol for about 1 minute. Divide the dessert among six serving dishes and serve as is or with a scoop of ice cream in the center.

PEARS FLAMBé

Steps:

• Melt butter with 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons brown sugar in a heavy nonstick skillet over medium heat. Sauté pears and cinnamon until pears begin to soften, 4 to 5 minutes. Stir in rum and lime juice.
• When liquid starts to simmer, keeping your face and body away from skillet, ignite quickly with a lit match. When flames subside, remove from heat. Serve with ice cream.

POACHED FRUIT FLAMBE

Steps:

• Place tea in a 3-quart saucepan. Add cinnamon sticks, star anise, allspice, lemon juice and honey. Bring to a simmer over low heat. Add cherries and prunes. Cut stems off figs and add. Cook at a very slow simmer until tender, about 30 minutes. Set aside 30 minutes or longer.
• To serve, divide ice cream among six bowls. Return fruit to a simmer and transfer all the fruit and sauce from the saucepan to a shallow serving dish.
• Pour the Scotch into the saucepan and heat briefly over low heat until warmed. Light a match, grab it with an oven mitt, stand back and ignite the Scotch. Pour flaming Scotch from saucepan over the fruit in the bowl; immediately spoon it over the ice cream.

TIPSY PEACHES

Steps:

• Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add the peaches, and cook for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Mix in the brown sugar, vanilla, and whiskey; simmer over medium heat for about 20 minutes, until peaches are soft and the sauce has darkened. Serve as a side dish or over ice cream.