John's Bananas Foster

Desserts

Ingredients

4 medium-size ripe bananas

1/2 cup butter

1 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1/4 cup banana liqueur

1/2 cup rum

Vanilla ice cream

Directions

  1. Cut bananas in half crosswise; cut each half in half lengthwise. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat; add brown sugar, and cook, stirring constantly, 2 minutes.

  2. Add bananas to skillet, and remove from heat. Stir in liqueur and rum, and carefully ignite the fumes just above mixture with a long match or long multipurpose lighter. Let flames die down.

  3. Return skillet to heat, and cook 3 to 4 minutes or until bananas are soft and curl slightly. Remove from heat. Serve banana mixture immediately over vanilla ice cream.

    Servings

6-8