Bananas Foster
Bananas Foster, from above
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Bananas Foster

Bananas in butter caramel, flambéed, over ice cream. Dinner and a show in five minutes.

Contains alcohol

For adults of legal drinking age where you live. Drink responsibly, and never drink and drive.

12 minTime
5 gProtein each
mildSpice
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Make it your way

Grandma's wayBananas cooked in butter, brown sugar and cinnamon, flambéed with rum over vanilla ice cream.
The original
525kcalsame
5 gproteinsame
3 gfibresame
12minutessame

Bananas Foster.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
Banana4 ripe but firm, halved lengthwise
Butter4 tbsp
Brown sugar½ cup, packed
Cinnamon powder½ tsp
Dark rum45 ml (3 tbsp)
Vanilla ice cream4 scoops

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Melt the butter in a wide pan, add sugar and cinnamon and stir until bubbling and smooth.
  2. 2Lay in the bananas cut side down and cook 1 minute a side, spooning sauce over.
  3. 3Take the pan off the heat, add the rum, return to the heat and carefully ignite with a long lighter, or simply simmer for 1 minute.
  4. 4Spoon the bananas and sauce over ice cream and serve at once.
Serve it like this

Serve in shallow bowls or coupes with two banana halves crossed over a scoop of ice cream and the hot sauce spooned over at the table.

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