Bananas Foster
This recipe uses many common household ingredients that you probably already have in your kitchen. Great served a la mode but it can also be served on top of pancakes or waffles! And with National Rum Day around the corner, now is a great time to try it!
PREP TIME: 5 minutes
COOK TIME: 8 minutes
LEVEL: Intermediate
YIELD: 4 servings
Ingredients
- ¼ cup butter
- ⅔ cup dark brown sugar
- 3 ½ tablespoons dark rum
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- 4 bananas, peeled and sliced diagonally into 1-inch pieces
- ¼ cup coarsely chopped walnuts
- vanilla ice cream for serving
Method of Preparation
- Place a large nonstick pan over medium high heat on your Wolf Cooktop or Range and melt butter.
- Add the brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg to the pan.
- When mixture begins to bubble remove from heat.
- Place bananas and walnuts in pan and stir to mix.
- To flambé, make sure the pan is off the burner, carefully stir in the rum then use a long match or grill lighter to ignite it. Have a lid handy in case you need to extinguish the flames.
- Once flames burn out, place pan back on your Wolf Cook Top or Range on medium heat.
- Cook until bananas are hot, which will be an additional 1 to 2 minutes. Serve hot with ice cream and enjoy!
*Chef Tip*
If you’re skeptical about flambéing, you can accomplish this dish by not igniting the rum but allowing the alcohol to slowly cook out over low to medium heat.