Flaming Mango Sauce Over Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream
- 1 cup diced ripe mango
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 cup dark rum
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch mixed together with 1 teaspoon water
- 1 quart Vanilla Bean Ice Cream, or best quality store-bought vanilla ice cream
- In a medium skillet, combine the mango, sugar, water, and cinnamon.
- Over medium high heat, bring the liquid to a boil.
- Lower the heat to medium and stir the mixture constantly for 3 to 4 minutes, until the sauce thickens slightly.
- In a small saucepan, warm the rum over low heat and stir in the cornstarch mixture until it thickens.
- Transfer the sauce to a heatproof bowl.
- Bring the mango sauce and the pan of warm rum to the table and spoon ice cream into six individual bowls.
- Light the rum in the pan and pour it, still flaming, into the mango sauce.
- Spoon some of the mango sauce over each dish of ice cream.
mango, sugar, water, cinnamon, dark rum, cornstarch mixed, vanilla
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/flaming-mango-sauce-over-homemade-vanilla-ice-cream-recipe.html (may not work)