Description
Classic New Orleans Bananas Foster is a quick and indulgent dessert featuring warm, caramelized bananas in a rich rum sauce, served over creamy vanilla ice cream.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 ripe bananas
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar (dark or light)
- 1/4 cup dark rum
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- Vanilla ice cream (for serving)
Instructions
- Slice the bananas diagonally into thick pieces.
- In a skillet over medium heat, melt the butter with brown sugar until bubbly.
- Add banana slices and cook for 1-2 minutes until golden on one side.
- Carefully pour in the rum and ignite it, allowing flames to subside while swirling gently.
- Sprinkle cinnamon into the sauce before serving over scoops of vanilla ice cream.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: New Orleans
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/2 cup
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 28g
- Sodium: 35mg
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 47g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 30mg