Bananas Foster

Name: Bananas Foster
Total time: PT0D0H0M
Yield: serves 4
Ingredients: 1 1 ⁄ 2 cups light brown sugar; 8 tbsp. unsalted butter; 1 ⁄ 2 tsp. kosher salt; 1 stick cinnamon, broken in half; 6 underripe bananas, halved lengthwise, and then halved crosswise; 3 ⁄ 4 cup dark rum; Vanilla ice cream, for serving

Serves
serves 4

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Bananas Foster

Created in 1951 at the legendary Brennan’s restaurant in New Orleans to honor Richard Foster, a friend of the restaurant and local businessman, this boozy, buttery concoction of caramelized bananas flambeed in rum sauce has since become a dining-out classic. Get the recipe for Bananas Foster »

Created in 1951 at the legendary Brennan's restaurant in New Orleans to honor Richard Foster, a friend of the restaurant and local businessman, this boozy, buttery concoction of caramelized bananas flambéed in rum sauce has since become a dining-out classic.

Ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ cups light brown sugar
8 tbsp. unsalted butter
¹⁄₂ tsp. kosher salt
1 stick cinnamon, broken in half
6 underripe bananas, halved lengthwise, and then halved crosswise
³⁄₄ cup dark rum
Vanilla ice cream, for serving

Instructions

Step 1

Heat sugar, butter, salt, and cinnamon in a 12" skillet over medium-low heat, and cook, stirring, until sugar dissolves in butter. Add bananas, and cook, stirring gently, until soft, about 10 minutes. Add rum, and using a match or lighter, ignite to flambe, and cook until flame dies out. To serve, spoon bananas and sauce over scoops of ice cream in bowls.

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