My new obsession in cooking is to see what things I can light on fire. :) First, it was Saganaki (a recipe from Nealy's blog). Yummy... fried cheese with lemon and brandy!! So after making the saganaki, I of course had to think of something else to make with this brandy I had bought. I thought of brandy alexanders, but then my friend Deadra (a culinary school graduate :) suggested bananas foster.
So, the other night, Matt and I had the pleasure of having Katie & Eli and Sydney & Brandon over for dinner. I always like to get a little "girl time" in when we have people over, so the girls made dessert and had girl talk in the kitchen while the gentlemen smoked cigars and sipped brandy in the other room. Just kidding. Anyway, the bananas foster we made turned out quite scrumptious, if I do say so myself. Nice job, ladies!
Bananas Foster
1/2 cup butter
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
3 t vanilla
2 t cinnamon
1/3 t nutmeg
a handful of walnuts
6 bananas, sliced
1/4 cup brandy
vanilla ice cream
Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, and walnuts. When mixture begins to bubble, add bananas and cook about 2 minutes or until bananas are warm all the way through. Take off heat, pour brandy on top, and light on fire! After the flame goes out, let banana mixture sit until it's not too hot. Pour over vanilla ice cream. Makes 6 servings.
3 comments:
I'm so glad you mentioned Bananas foster. Just last night I was reading a book that mentioned that, and I had NO IDEA what it was! Now I do, and it does sound yummy!
Oh my goodness Kiley, that sounds SO good!! Thanks for sharing the recipe, I want to try it!
I LOVE bananas foster...last time I made it though, it didn't turn out (it was runny). I think I made it in CL. You should make it this weekend!
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