New Orleans Bananas Foster

By JimMac

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb unsalted butter
• 2 cups light brown sugar
• 2 t cinnamon
• 1/2 t nutmeg
• 1 oz. banana liqueur
• 2 oz. light rum
• 2 to 5 bananas, peeled and sliced in thin discs
• vanilla ice cream
• Confectioner’s sugar, for dusting

Preparation

Step 1

Method:

Melt the butter, brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg in a small sauté pan or skillet over medium heat. When bubbling hot, add the liqueur and rum, avert your face, and ignite with a match; shake the pan until the alcohol is burned off and the flame dies down.

Add the banana slices and toss until coated.

Serve warm, with vanilla ice cream.