Bananas Foster
3 Bananas
1 stick of butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup rum
1/2 cup banana liqueur
1 stick of butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup rum
1/2 cup banana liqueur
Slice the bananas in 3 slices lengthwise, then cut in halves.
Melt
the butter in a skillet. Add brown sugar, and cook over a low heat,
stirring into a thick paste. Add vanilla and banana liqueur and stir
well. Cook about 3 min. Add banana slices, and cook over a medium
heat, basting well with the sugar and butter mixture. Cook abut 5
minutes.
Mixture will bubble while cooking.
Heat the rum in a metal cup, ignite, and pour over bananas.
Stir well
into blend, then serve the mixture with pieces of bananas over vanilla
ice cream.
(Adapted from La Bouche Creole)