Classic Bananas Foster

Name: Classic Bananas Foster
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Creole
Ingredients: 4 tbsp unsalted butter; 1 cup packed brown sugar; 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon; 1/4 cup banana liqueur; 4 bananas, ripe but firm, halved lengthwise and crosswise; 1/4 cup dark rum; 4 scoops vanilla ice cream

The tableside-flambé New Orleans dessert invented at Brennan's — bananas caramelized in butter, brown sugar, and banana liqueur, flamed with dark rum.

📝 Notes: For safety: always remove the pan from heat before adding the rum, tie back long hair and loose sleeves, keep a lid nearby to smother flames if needed, and never add alcohol straight from a bottle near an open flame.

⏱ Prep 10m🔥 Cook 10m🕒 Total 20m🍽 4 servings

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4 tbspunsalted butter
1 cuppacked brown sugar
1/4 tspground cinnamon
1/4 cupbanana liqueur
4bananas, ripe but firm, halved lengthwise and crosswise
1/4 cupdark rum
4 scoopsvanilla ice cream

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1
Melt the butter in a wide skillet over medium heat. Add the brown sugar and cinnamon, stirring until dissolved and bubbling.
2
Stir in the banana liqueur and simmer 1 minute.
3
Add the banana pieces cut-side down and cook 2 minutes, then gently turn and cook 1–2 minutes more, until softened and coated in caramel.
4
Remove the skillet from the heat. Add the rum, then carefully tip the pan slightly toward the flame (gas stove) or use a long lighter to ignite the fumes — stand back, as the flame can leap.
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Let the flames burn off, 20–30 seconds, gently swirling the pan, until they subside on their own. Never pour rum directly from the bottle into an open flame.
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Spoon the bananas and hot caramel sauce immediately over scoops of vanilla ice cream and serve at once.