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Banana Foster

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Banana Foster

New Orleans flambeed bananas in a brown sugar and rum butter sauce, served over vanilla ice cream. Tilting the pan carefully to ignite the rum, rather than pouring more in once it's already flaming, is what keeps the flambé controlled while still burning off the harsh alcohol.

Total time
15 min
Prep
5 min
Cook
10 min
Difficulty
easy
Cuisine
American
vegetariangluten-free

Ingredients

4ripe bananas, halved lengthways
100gbutter
150gbrown sugar
1 tspground cinnamon
60mldark rum
vanilla ice creamto serve

Instructions

1

Melt butter in a wide pan over medium heat.

2

Add brown sugar and cinnamon, stir until dissolved.

3

Add banana halves cut side down.

4

Cook 2 minutes until caramelised on the bottom.

5

Add rum to the pan.

6

Carefully tilt the pan to ignite the rum, or use a long match.

7

Let flames die down naturally, spooning sauce over bananas.

8

Serve immediately over vanilla ice cream with sauce poured over.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories
428
Protein
1.5g
Fat
20.6g
Carbs
64.2g
Fiber
3.4g
Sodium
14mg

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