Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Bananas Foster

I don't know if this how Bananas Foster is supposed to be made but this is how I learned it from my step-dad who used to run a bed and breakfast and is a kickass cook (so's my mom for that matter).

Anyway, let's get to the good stuff.

Ingredients:
Bananas, the more the merrier
Brown sugar
Butter
Rum, optional
Vanilla ice cream

You may have noticed that I don't have measurements for the ingredients, you don't really need them. Add more or less brown sugar, more or less butter as you like. The rum you should probably go light on until you've got the other parts of the recipe down.
Start by melting butter in a skillet on medium heat, you do not want the butter to brown at all, just melt. Add brown sugar to the butter and heat until it gets all bubbly and gooey and awesome. Add sliced bananas until the skillet is mostly covered with a single to a layer and a half of bananas, they will cook down a little bit. Stir and heat until the bananas are thoroughly coated and just starting to soften. Add a dash of rum, you can opt to flambe this but do so at your own risk. Stir and serve immediately, preferably over some vanilla ice cream.

Make sure you make extra because I can promise you that people will want more.

Yep, this is a pretty easy one but wowee does it make for an amazing and memorable dessert!

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