Bananas Foster
photo by PetsRus
- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 59.16 ml unsalted butter
- 118.29 ml packed dark brown sugar
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 strip lemon, zest of, 1 to 2 inches long by about 1 1/2 inch wide
- 2 large firm ripe bananas, peeled and halved lengthwise and then crosswise
- 59.16 ml dark rum
- 473.19 ml vanilla ice cream, divided among four bowls
directions
- Melt the butter in a heavy-bottomed 12-inch skillet over medium heat.
- Add the brown sugar, cinnamon stick, and lemon zest; stir to dissolve the sugar, about 1 minute.
- (If the heat is too high, the butter and sugar will separate instead of combining to form a sauce).
- Add the bananas and spoon some sauce over each piece.
- Cook until the bananas are glossy and golden on the bottom, about 1 1/2 minutes.
- Turn the bananas and continue cooking until they are very soft but not mushy or falling apart, about 1 1/2 more minutes.
- Remove the skillet from the heat.
- Add the rum and wait until the rum has warmed slightly, about 5 seconds.
- Wave a lit match over the pan until the rum ignites, shaking the pan to distribute the flame over the entire pan.
- When the flames subside (this will take 15 to 30 seconds), divide the bananas and sauce among the four bowls of ice cream and serve.
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Reviews
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Love bananas foster, but lost my recipe. Found this on the internet. Something didn't turn out right. After the last step, i should have let the sauce cool down mre. If you put it on while still hot, the ice cream will melt. Also, I do t know if requires some more cooking down or what, but it was pretty liquid and had a strong booze taste.
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