Banana Foster

Bananas flambeed in butter, brown sugar, and rum over vanilla ice cream.

Ingredients

• 4.00 ripe bananas , halved lengthwise
• 4.00 tbsp butter
• 1.00 cup brown sugar
• 0.50 tsp cinnamon
• 0.25 cup banana liqueur
• 0.50 cup dark rum
• vanilla ice cream

Instructions

1. 1

   Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat.

2. 2

   Add brown sugar and cinnamon, stirring until sugar dissolves.

3. 3

   Add banana liqueur and stir.

4. 4

   Add banana halves and cook 1-2 minutes until heated through.

5. 5

   Remove skillet from heat.

6. 6

   Add rum carefully.

7. 7

   Return to heat and ignite rum with a long match — stand back.

8. 8

   Let flames die down, spooning sauce over bananas.

9. 9

   Serve immediately over vanilla ice cream.

10. 10

    This is a New Orleans classic that is spectacular when flambeed tableside.

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