Banana Foster
Votes: 3
Time: 15 min.
Complexity: easily
Servings: 6
Complexity: easily
Servings: 6
Bananas Foster is a dessert featuring flambéed bananas in a creamy sauce, layered on a scoop of ice cream. This exquisite dessert, served only in the best restaurants, is easy to make at home. Just be careful with the flames! Roast the bananas with walnuts in a creamy sauce, pour in rum, and set them ablaze. Once the flames die down, pour the caramelized banana sauce over vanilla ice cream. The ice cream, melted under the warm bananas, is especially delicious.
The recipes use measuring containers with the following volumes:
1 glass (st.) - 250 ml.
3/4 cup (st.) - 180 ml.
2/3 cup (st.) - 160 ml.
1/2 cup (st.) - 125 ml.
1/3 cup (st.) - 80 ml.
1/4 cup (st.) - 60 ml.
1 tablespoon (tbsp) - 15 ml.
1 teaspoon (tsp) - 5 ml.
1/5 teaspoon (tsp) - 1 ml.
1 glass (st.) - 250 ml.
3/4 cup (st.) - 180 ml.
2/3 cup (st.) - 160 ml.
1/2 cup (st.) - 125 ml.
1/3 cup (st.) - 80 ml.
1/4 cup (st.) - 60 ml.
1 tablespoon (tbsp) - 15 ml.
1 teaspoon (tsp) - 5 ml.
1/5 teaspoon (tsp) - 1 ml.
Ingredients for the recipe:
- 110 g salted butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 0.5 cups heavy cream
- 2 bananas
- 0.5 cup chopped walnuts
- 0.5 cups dark rum
- A pinch of ground cinnamon
- Vanilla ice cream for serving
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Cooking the dish according to the recipe:
- Melt the butter in a heavy-bottomed skillet over medium-high heat. Add the brown sugar, stir, and cook for 1–2 minutes. Pour in the heavy cream and stir.
- Peel the bananas and slice them diagonally. Toss the banana slices into the pan. Then add the chopped nuts and stir them into the sauce. Next, pour in the rum. Be careful here. As soon as it starts to boil, ignite it with a long lighter (be sure to keep the lid handy in case you need to extinguish the flame).
- Let the flame burn down (this usually takes no more than 30 seconds), and finally stir in the cinnamon. You can also cook the bananas without flambéing.
- Spoon bananas foster over a couple of scoops of vanilla ice cream and enjoy!
Bananas Foster can be eaten with French toast, waffles, or pancakes. You can also substitute peaches, pears, or cherries for the bananas.
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