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Bananas Foster I
SUBMITTED BY:
Chrissi
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DEJAVU1669
"Bananas sliced in a warm cinnamon and caramel sauce with rum. Serve over ice cream!"
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PREP TIME
5 Min
COOK TIME
5 Min
READY IN
10 Min
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2 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons brown sugar
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 banana
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/4 cup rum
2 tablespoons banana liqueur
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DIRECTIONS
In a small skillet over medium heat, melt butter. Stir in sugar and cinnamon and heat until bubbly. Peel and quarter the banana. Place banana pieces and lemon juice in skillet and cook 3 to 4 minutes more, basting with syrup.
In a long-handled pan, heat rum and banana liqueur over medium heat until just warm. Ignite the alcohol and pour carefully over the banana slices. Remove the banana pan from the heat and continue to baste the banana slices with their sauce until the flames die down. Serve at once.
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Reviewed on Mar. 26, 2003 by Rebslo
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Mar. 26, 2003
It was fun lighting my dessert on fire! The taste was just OK, and I found the rum taste to be too strong for this dish. So next time I will use less rum.
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Reviewed on Aug. 4, 2005 by
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Aug. 4, 2005
Excellent. But then it's impossible to go wrong with a banana's foster recipe -- it's just such a great dish. I doubled the recipe and flambeed it slightly differently: after the bananas softened, I poured the alcohol directly into the pan, waited a minute for it to warm up, then lit it on fire. The result was great poured over ice cream, though the remnants at the bottom of the dish were a little rummy. (Most of the syrup was fine.) I might've stirred too soon while it was on fire thereby putting it out too soon to let all the alcohol burn off? Or maybe I should've just taken other reviewers' advice and used a little less alcohol.
Before cooking this recipe, I did a lot of research on the web. There are dozens of recipes out there, all varying wildly in the amount of the various ingredients. So this dish is apparently very forgiving about quantities. The alternative flambeing technique I used is actually more common than the two pan method called for in this recipe. Incidentally, the best page I found discussing this recipe is a very entertaining read: http://www.gumbopages.com/food/dessert/ban-foster.html
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Excellent. But then it's impossible to go wrong with a banana's foster recipe -- it's just...
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Reviewed on Jan. 25, 2004 by awesome in tummy
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awesome in tummy
Jan. 25, 2004
I just had this pricey dessert in New Orleans at the restaurant that invented it. It was fantastic! Ingredients are identical except for amounts. Try 1/4-1/2 cup butter, 1cup brown sugar, 1/2 tsp. cinnamon, 1/4 cup banana liqueur,4 bananas, 1/4 cup dark rum. Cook same as this. Serve over ice cream. It's hard to believe something this simple can taste so heavenly! Elegant dessert. Thanks Chrissi!
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Reviewed on Jan. 25, 2004 by
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Jan. 25, 2004
Excellent. I added more rum and cinnamon. Took the cooled mixture and made it into ice cream for a Cajun Christmas celebration held at my house. Everyone loved it.
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Excellent. I added more rum and cinnamon. Took the cooled mixture and made it into ice cream...
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Reviewed on Jan. 25, 2004 by OCTOVUS
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Jan. 25, 2004
Mmmmmmmm...ok, why 5 stars? Perhaps the rum is having an effect on me. But this is simple and great. I forgot the lemon juice (I think I was very worried about setting the rum on fire, a technique which I had never done before) but it was still great. Maybe a bit over sweet, but then again I had to use Southern Comfort instead of Rum because we were fresh out of Rum. Despite all these "mistakes" it was delish, and smelled amazing. I ate it over vanilla ice cream, but it could make a DIVINE topping for French Toast or practically anything else banana goes with. Will make again because it is so simple!
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Mmmmmmmm...ok, why 5 stars? Perhaps the rum is having an effect on me. But this is simple...
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Reviewed on Jul. 23, 2003 by HEWOALLAN
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HEWOALLAN
Jul. 23, 2003
Great recipe but the serving size is not realistic. I made 12 servings for 6 people
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Great recipe but the serving size is not realistic. I made 12 servings for 6 people
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Reviewed on Jan. 25, 2004 by HONDATRAIN
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HONDATRAIN
Jan. 25, 2004
Very Good! I used Banana Rum and it made it even better!
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Very Good! I used Banana Rum and it made it even better!
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Reviewed on Jan. 25, 2004 by KIMMIEG
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KIMMIEG
Jan. 25, 2004
This is a simple but completely yummy dessert! I cut back a little on the alcohol (the only banana liquor I could find was 99 proof--packs a punch) and I add mixed nuts as a topping. Thanks for a great find!
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This is a simple but completely yummy dessert! I cut back a little on the alcohol (the only...
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Reviewed on Jan. 25, 2004 by JOYOSITY
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JOYOSITY
Jan. 25, 2004
I like to serve this a la mode. I also soak some raisins in orange juice for a few hours and use that instead of the lemon juice. The raisins will get plump with the OJ and it makes for a very interesting texture and taste.
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I like to serve this a la mode. I also soak some raisins in orange juice for a few hours and...
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Reviewed on Feb. 18, 2004 by
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GUYCHEF
Feb. 18, 2004
I much prefer this to Bananas Foster II. In my opinion, this is as close as you can get to what fine dining restaurants serve. The banana liqueur is a nice addition and the combination flames very easily. I would not reduce the rum ratio and if you are making this for a large dinner party, I recommend you error on the side of making too much. Depending on your serving size, it’s easy to come up short and awkward to start over to make up the difference.
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I much prefer this to Bananas Foster II. In my opinion, this is as close as you can get to...
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