Bananas foster has a reputation of complexity.
In fact, bananas foster is a peak of dessert perfection due to its simplicity.
Its nothing more than sliced, soft bananas bathed in a warm butterscotch-rum sauce.
The bananas add texture and flavor, but the sauce is poetry.
Top with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, and youve made a flawless dessert.
To make it, start by adding butter and brown sugar to a large frying pan.
Melt the butter and sugar together over medium-low heat and stir occasionally.
Next, stir in bananas that have been peeled, split, and cut into three to four-inch hunks.
Gently turn them in the sugar syrup so they become coated.
Let the bananas cook in the sauce for about two minutes until they start to soften.
Add the alcohol, and quickly flambe it.
)Let the flames die down on their ownthis will take about 30 seconds.
The classic version of bananas foster uses dark rum.
I stuck with that recommendation, and I would have happily drowned in that sauce.
My advice is to use a good rum, thoughone that you actually enjoy drinking.
Luckily, losing the race leaves you with a butterscotch-cream sauce, so really, youre still a winner.
Add the banana pieces and turn them in the sugar sauce until well coated.
Cook the bananas for about two minutes or until they begin to soften.
Add the rum and light the fumes of the alcohol.
(Turn off the gas burner before pouring the alcohol, for additional safety).
Allow the flames to die out naturally, about 30-40 seconds.
Turn the heat back on and cook the mixture for another minute while gently stirring the sauce.
Turn off the heat and stir in the vanilla and cinnamon.
