Aug 04, 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.<br>
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
—Mark P
