Bananas are one of the world’s most popular fruits. They have a unique taste and texture, they’re an easy snack to eat on the go and they even have an iconic shape as well. Still, the way we use bananas is typically limited to a few specific ways. We can eat them whole, we can slice them up and put them on ice cream or cereal, or in some cases we can bake old ones into banana bread. Fortunately, we’re here with a recipe that will add some variety to your life.
Although it’s typically a dessert that you would only order at a fancy restaurant, today we’re going to show you how to make a delicious bananas foster right at home. If you’ve never made it before, it involves pouring in rum and lighting it on fire—but don’t worry! Following these instructions will make the entire process very safe and the resulting food will still be alcohol-free. So let’s get started.
Here’s what you’ll need:
- 1 cup of pre-made caramel sauce
- 2 bananas sliced into half-inch pieces
- 1/4 cup of rum
- vanilla ice cream
Here’s what you do:
1. To begin, pour your caramel sauce into a frying pan and set it over medium-high heat, bringing the sauce to a gentle simmer.
2. Once it’s hot enough, slice up your bananas and add them into the caramel sauce, stirring gently to coat them in sauce. Let it all cook together for about two minutes until the slices turn soft and are coated in caramel.
3. Now comes the exciting part! Add your rum into the frying pan and carefully use a barbecue lighter to light it on fire. The pan should ignite—obviously, this part requires some caution on your part! Keep the flame at a safe distance from your clothing and your hair and let it cook for about two minutes. Once the flames disappear, that means all the alcohol has cooked off.
4. Finally, turn the heat off. Scoop some vanilla ice cream into a bowl and scoop your caramelized bananas on top for a delicious dessert topping!
As you can see, making bananas foster is actually a very straightforward process—it just requires a leap of faith to use the alcohol in the recipe and to light it on fire! Still, you’ll see after making it that the process is simple enough that anyone can do it, provided you use a little bit of caution during the process.
While the recipe above is relatively stripped down, you can complicate things a little bit by adding in some additional ingredients as you wish. If you’d like, you can mix in some orange or banana liqueur along with your rum to give it a little bit of a fruitier flavor. On the other hand, you can also add in a sprinkle of cinnamon or nutmeg for a little spice. If you want to really have fun with this, throw a dinner party and make it right in front of your party guests. Above all, have fun with the process and let us know how it goes in the comments!
Please SHARE this with your friends and family.
