Breast of Chicken Flambe With Brandied Cherry Sauce 4-2

This delicious and romantic entree should quickly warm your mood for the evening!

• Ready In: 37 mins
• Serves: 2

Ingredients

• 2 (8 ounce)  chicken breasts (with bone and skin)
• 1  ounce  melted butter
• 1  teaspoon paprika
• 1  pinch salt, to taste
• 1  pinch white pepper, to taste
• 1  ounce cherry brandy

• Bing Cherry Sauce

• 1 (8 ounce) can  black bing cherries
• 2  tablespoons Burgundy wine
• 2  tablespoons sugar
• 1 -2  teaspoon cornstarch (depending on desired thickness)
• 1  pinch salt

Directions

1. Preparing Bing Cherry Sauce:
2. Drain juice from cherries.
3. Combine juice with wine, sugar, cornstarch, and salt; mix thoroughly.
4. Bring mixture to a boil until sauce thickens.
5. Remove from heat.
6. Stir in the drained cherries.
7. Season chicken breast with salt, white pepper, paprika, and brush with butter.
8. Bake for 30 minutes at 325°F or until cooked and tender.
9. Place chicken in a medium size ovenproof serving dish and cover with sauce.
10. Have table set, candles lit, all accompaniments on table, and turn off lights when ready to flambé.
11. HOW TO FLAMBE:
12. Pour 1/4 ounce of brandy over dish and place in middle of table.
13. Using long wooden matches, ignite chicken breast.
14. When flame goes out and liquor has burned off, you are ready to serve.