Bananas Foster

Name: Bananas Foster
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 ripe bananas, sliced lengthwise; Four tablespoons of butter; ½ cup packed brown sugar; ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1/4 to 1/2 cup dark rum; 3/4 cup of sour cream

Caramelized bananas flambéed in a buttery brown-sugar rum sauce, spooned over cold vanilla ice cream.

Total time

15 min

Serves

4

Difficulty

Medium

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As seen on Episode 230

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Essentials · serves 4

4 ripe bananas, sliced lengthwise Four tablespoons of butter ½ cup packed brown sugar ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/4 to 1/2 cup dark rum 3/4 cup of sour cream

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The preparation

6 steps, about 15 minutes start to finish.

01
Melt butter in a pan
02
Add brown sugar and cinnamon, stir until dissolved
03
Add sliced bananas and cook until softened
04
Add rum and carefully ignite (flambé)
05
Let flames die down
06
Serve over vanilla ice cream

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“Pull the pan off the heat before you add the rum, then light it, and keep your face and anything flammable well back. Let the flames burn out on their own before spooning it over ice cream.”

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