Bananas Foster
Prep: 0 10min0
Total: 0 15min0
Yield: 6 servings
Serving Size: 1 of 6 servings
Nutrition Facts: servingSize 1 of 6 servings, calories 507, Fat 30g, Saturated Fat 16g, Carbohydrate 49g, Fiber 2g, Sugar 43g, Protein 3g, Cholesterol 73mg, Sodium 148mg
Ingredients:
- 1 stick salted butter
- 1 cup packed dark brown sugar
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 2 bananas
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
- 1/2 cup dark rum
- Dash cinnamon
- Vanilla Ice Cream, for serving
Instruction:
- Melt the butter in a heavy skillet over a medium-high heat. Add the brown sugar. Stir together and cook for a minute or two. Pour in the cream and stir it around to combine.
- Peel the bananas and slice them on the bias inside the peel. Drop the slices into the pan. Next, add the chopped nuts and stir them into the sauce. Then – and this is where you need to be a little careful – stir in the rum. Let it start to bubble, and then carefully use a long lighter to ignite it. (Be sure to have a lid handy in case you need to extinguish the flame.) Let the fire burn and go out (it’ll only take about 30 seconds or so), and then stir in the cinnamon at the end. You may also cook the mixture without flambeing it.
- Spoon it over a couple of scoops of vanilla ice cream and enjoy immediately.
- Spoon bananas Foster over French toast, waffles or crepes. Substitute peaches, pears or cherries for the bananas. Of course, then it probably wouldn’t be considered bananas Foster.
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FAQ
What is banana Foster made of?
Bananas foster is a dessert consisting of sliced bananas and a rum sauce served over vanilla ice cream. It originated in New Orleans and is often prepared tableside in restaurants as a flambé (a cooking technique in which alcohol is added to a hot pan, creating flames).
What is Foster sauce made of?
Ingredients
- 4 tbsp. unsalted butter.
- 1/2 c. dark brown sugar.
- 1/4 c. heavy cream.
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract.
- 1 tbsp. rum or 1 teaspoon rum extract.
- 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon.
- 4 firm-ripe bananas.
What is Bananas Foster in New Orleans?
Bananas are sautéedin butter and sugar and cinnamon and then bathed in rum, which is set aflame in a fiery burst. The fire burns off the alcohol in the rum, leaving just a smoky taste and rum flavor. This delicious concoction is usually created tableside to impress and then served over vanilla ice cream.
What is a substitute for rum in Bananas Foster?
What can you substitute for rum in Bananas Foster?
- Bourbon.
- banana liqueur.
- dark Cachaca (a Brazilian liquor made from sugarcane juice)
- brandy.
- grape juice/pineapple juice/apple juice and bit of rum essence (for non-alcoholic substitutes)
