Rum Flambeed Strawberries

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 pint fresh strawberries
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup sweet sherry
• 1/3 cup golden rum
• 1 pint vanilla ice cream
• 2 tablespoons toasted almonds, chopped

Recipe

• 1 wash, hull and dry the strawberries.
• 2 heat butter in skillet, add sugar. stir until sugar is golden and melted.
• 3 add the sherry and cook, boiling, until syrup is smooth and free of any crystalized lumps of sugar.
• 4 add strawberries and heat through.
• 5 at the table or in the kitchen heat rum slightly. ignite and pour over berries, stirring juices utnil flame dies down.
• 6 spoon immediately over servings of ice cream. top with toasted almonds.
• 7 good served with: homemade butter cookies, wafer cookies or ice cream wafers.