An underrated holiday dessert and not too hard to make.....Bananas Foster.

[mercuryblues]

9. I love it with eggnog ice cream

2 Tbls unsalted butter
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 tea ground cinnamon
3/4 cup OJ
pinch sea salt
1/4 cup dark rum

4 bananas cut in thick bias slices

1/4 cup hazelnuts
vanilla ice cream….or eggnog ice cream

In a large frying pan, over med heat combine butter, brown sugar and cinnamon until bubbly

add Oj and salt

Cook until sauce thickens, then add sliced bananas. Turn heat to low.


I don't have a flambé pot, so I use a metal ladle with a long handle. I pour the rum in there and hold while heating it up on high. When it begins to bubble, I have a trustworthy adult light a match and set the rum on fire. I then pour it over the sauce in a circular motion along the inside of the frying pan. <--- think about this part and where you are standing. I usually stand to the right and pour the rum in a counter clockwise motion, starting on the opposite side of where I am standing. I also turn off the oven fan/vent when I do this.

Sprinkle with hazel nuts and serve /w ice cream.

This seriously takes 10 minutes to make.