Pacific Northwest Bing Cherry Hazelnut Sundaes

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 tablespoon kirsch (to taste)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup hazelnuts, toasted, loose skins rubbed off, and chopped
• 1 pint super-premium vanilla ice cream or 1 pint cherry ice cream
• 16 -20 bing cherries, pitted and chopped coarse

Recipe

• 1 in a dry heavy saucepan (about 1-quart capacity) cook sugar over moderate heat, without stirring, until it begins to melt.
• 2 continue cooking sugar, stirring with a fork, until melted and swirl pan until sugar is deep golden caramel.
• 3 remove pan from heat and stir in cream, kirsch, and salt, stirring until smooth (mixture will bubble up). stir in hazelnuts and let sauce cool.
• 4 scoop ice cream into 4 sundae dishes and spoon sauce over it. sprinkle sundaes with cherries.