Bananas Foster
NY Times Cooking
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1/2 c brown sugar
- 4 bananas, quartered
- cinnamon
- 4 tsp banana liqueur, optional
- 1/4 c light rum, optional
- vanilla ice cream
Melt butter and sugar in a small frying pan. Add banana pieces and saute’ over medium heat until lightly browned, turning pieces once. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Remove pan from heat.
Add liqueur and rum to pan. To flambé, carefully light sauce with long-reach lighter. Spoon flaming sauce over the banana pieces until flame is extinguished.
Serve warm banana pieces and sauce over vanilla ice cream.