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Brennan’s Houston Bananas Foster

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Brennan’s Houston Bananas Foster is a rich, flambéed dessert made with ripe bananas, brown sugar, butter, rum, and banana liqueur, served over vanilla ice cream. A classic New Orleans-style dish with a Texan twist.

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1 cup brown sugar, packed
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 cup banana liqueur
  • 4 bananas, peeled and sliced lengthwise and then halved
  • 1/4 cup dark rum
  • 1 pint vanilla ice cream

Instructions

  1. In a large skillet over medium heat, melt the butter.
  2. Add brown sugar and cinnamon, and stir until the sugar dissolves and the mixture is bubbly.
  3. Stir in banana liqueur and cook for about 1 minute.
  4. Add the banana slices and cook for 2-3 minutes, spooning the sauce over the bananas.
  5. Remove the skillet from heat and carefully add the dark rum.
  6. Return the skillet to heat and ignite the rum using a long lighter or match (stand back while flambéing). Let the flames subside.
  7. Spoon the sauce and bananas over bowls of vanilla ice cream and serve immediately.

Notes

  • Use ripe but firm bananas to prevent them from becoming mushy.
  • Exercise caution when flambéing — keep a fire extinguisher nearby.
  • This dish is best served immediately for the warm-cold contrast with ice cream.

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