Bananas Foster

Name: Bananas Foster
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 bananas, halved lengthways; 100g butter; 150g dark brown sugar; 1 tsp cinnamon; 3 tbsp dark rum; 2 tbsp banana liqueur; vanilla ice cream to serve

New Orleans caramelised banana dessert flambéed in rum with brown sugar and cinnamon. Tilting the pan carefully to ignite the rum, rather than pouring it in cold, burns off the harsh alcohol while leaving behind its deep, caramelised flavour.

Total time

15 min

Prep

5 min

Cook

10 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

American

vegetariangluten-free

Ingredients

4bananas, halved lengthways

100gbutter

150gdark brown sugar

1 tspcinnamon

3 tbspdark rum

2 tbspbanana liqueur

vanilla ice creamto serve

Instructions

Melt butter in a large pan.

Add brown sugar and cinnamon. Cook until bubbling.

Add banana liqueur.

Add banana halves. Cook 1–2 minutes per side.

Add rum — carefully tilt pan or use a lighter to flambé.

Shake pan until flames die.

Serve immediately over vanilla ice cream.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

286

Protein

1.5g

Fat

20.6g

Carbs

27.4g

Fiber

3.4g

Sodium

4mg

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