Bananas Foster

By carvalhohm2

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/3 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 4 bananas, quartered
• 1/3 cup banana liqueur (see note)
• 1/3 cup dark rum (see note)
• 1 pint vanilla ice cream

Preparation

Step 1

Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat; add brown sugar and next 3 ingredients. Cook, stirring constantly, 2 minutes or until bananas are tender.

Pour rum into a small long-handled saucepan; heat just until warm. Remove from heat. Carefully ignite with a lit match, and pour over bananas in skillet. Baste bananas with sauce until flames die down. Serve immediately over ice cream.

Notes:
If you don't have banana liqueur, double the amount of rum. Flambe is a French term that describes the dramatic method of preparing and serving food with flaming alcohol-as in this favorite New Orleans dessert. Never use 150-proof alcohol, though, as it's too volatile and could explode when ignited.