Fortuna Cooks

1 can ( 1 lb) California Bing Cherries

1/4 cup California Grape Brandy

1 tablespoon Cornstarch

1 teaspoon sugar

1/4 cup pre-warmed Brandy

Drain cherries thoroughly: put juice into saucepan.  Pour Brandy over cherries. and allow to absorb Brandy liquid for several hours.  Before serving , moisten cornstarch and sugar with a little cold cherry juice/  Add moistened cornstarch and sugar to cherry juice and stirring till thickened .  Add brandied sugar and bring to boil/  Pre-warm brandy .   Pour heated cherries and syrup into flame-proof bowl and add prewarmed brandy.  Ignite mixture and spoon ( use a heated spoon_ flaming sauce over cherries.  Serve over vanilla ice cream.