Bananas Foster

Memorable Banana's Foster from New Orleans is an easy dessert to make at home with ripe bananas, brown sugar, butter, and a splash of rum, creating an easy but intense dish. Originating from a restaurant in 1951, this is still beloved in it's home restaurant of Brennan's.

Ingredients and substitutions for Bananas Foster

• Bananas: The best bananas are ones that are medium to large and have turned ripe and have at least a few marks or are on the browner side will be sweeter and softer texture to give this dessert it's beloved flavor.
• Sugar: Light brown sugar is used to both heighten the flavor of the bananas and compliments the ground cinnamon here.
• Ground cinnamon: Good quality ground cinnamon on the fresher side here will have a stronger flavor.
• Rum: Dark rum is the traditional ingredient used in this recipe and it's best added when the temperature is low so it can provide the complimentary flavor to the bananas and the needed fuel for the fire that completes the caramelization here.

See recipe card for quantities.

How to make Banana Fritters:

Step 1: Sauce it up: Place the sugar, butter and cinnamon in your frying pan or skillet until the syrup begins to form.

Step 2: Lay them down: Lay your bananas down inside the pan, you want them in one layer as much as possible.

Step 3: Pour the Rum: When the bananas are soft, slowly add the rum and light on fire until the flames subside.

Step 4: Scoop it up: Serve the bananas and syrup topped with a scoop of ice cream and eat whilst warm. Grab a spoon and dig in!

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Banana's Foster

Sylvie Taylor

Classic New Orleans dessert Banana's Foster comes together in less than 10 minutes and includes rum so is perfect to follow an adult dinner, particularly in the middle of winter.

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 15 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 4

Calories 518 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 220 grams / 1 cup light brown sugar
• 57 grams / 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 4 medium bananas halved crosswise and lengthwise
• 56 grams / ¼ cup rum
• 4 scoops vanilla ice cream to serve

Instructions

 

• Place the sugar, butter and ground cinnamon in a heavy frying pan or skillet on medium-low heat, stirring until the sugar is dissolved.
• Lay the sliced bananas in the pan, stirring the bananas as they soften and ensuring they are cooked evenly, approximately 3 minutes.
• When the bananas are soft, carefully add in the rum and tip the pan slightly, lighting flames with a lighter.
• Carefully set the pan down and continue cooking until the flame subsides.
• Remove from the heat, top with the ice cream into serving dishes and finish with a drizzle of the rum and sauce.
• Serve warm.

Notes

• Bananas: The best bananas are ones that are medium to large and have turned ripe and have at least a few marks or are on the browner side will be sweeter and softer texture to give this dessert it's beloved flavor.
• Rum: Dark rum is the traditional ingredient used in this recipe and it's best added when the temperature is low so it can provide the complimentary flavor to the bananas and the needed fuel for the fire that completes the caramelization here.
• Cooking the rum: We want the heat to be as low as possible so the rum loses as little alcohol content as possible because this is what helps the flame catch on the whole dish.
• Time to cook: The entire dish of Bananas Foster comes together really quickly so you want to have all your ingredients prepped and ready.

Adapted from New Orleans Restaurants

Nutrition

Calories: 518kcal

Keyword caramel, eggless, no bake dessert

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