Bananas Foster

Ingredients · 8 servings

• 8Banana, peeled and halved lengthwise
• 113 gButter, cut into pieces
• 220 gBrown sugar, packed
• 120 mlRum
• 520 gVanilla ice cream, kept frozen

Equipment

stovetop, wide skillet, long lighter, spoon, knife, cutting board, serving bowl, ice cream scoop, measuring cup

Instructions

1. 1
   Gather Ingredients

   Gather bananas, butter, brown sugar, rum, and ice cream, then set out a wide skillet, long lighter, spoon, knife, bowls, and scoop. · 5 min

   What to look for: Ingredients and tools are measured and within easy reach.

2. 2
   Slice Banana

   Peel and slice the bananas lengthwise, then cut each half across once so the pieces will warm quickly without falling apart. · 5 min

   What to look for: Banana pieces are long, even, and intact.

3. 3
   Melt Butter

   Heat the skillet over medium heat and melt the butter until it foams gently and smells creamy, keeping the pan steady. · 3 min

   What to look for: Butter is fully melted with soft foam at the edges.

4. 4
   Make Caramel

   Add the brown sugar and stir until it dissolves into the butter, forming a glossy caramel with slow bubbles. · 4 min

   What to look for: Caramel looks glossy and bubbles slowly.

5. 5
   Cook Banana

   Lay the banana pieces in the caramel and spoon sauce over them until they soften slightly and turn shiny. · 3 min

   What to look for: Bananas are glossy and tender but still hold their shape.

6. 6
   Add Rum

   Remove the skillet from the heat, pour in the rum, and keep your face and sleeves away from the pan. · 1 min

   What to look for: Rum spreads through the caramel without splashing.

7. 7
   Flambe Rum

   Ignite the rum with a long lighter and let the blue flame burn until it fades, then gently swirl the pan. · 2 min

   What to look for: Blue flame rises briefly and then disappears.

8. 8
   Finish Sauce

   Return the skillet to low heat and simmer until the caramel is smooth and lightly thickened around the banana. · 2 min

   What to look for: Sauce coats the spoon and moves in slow ribbons.

9. 9
   Serve Dessert

   Scoop vanilla ice cream into 8 bowls and spoon the hot banana rum caramel over each portion immediately. · 3 min

   What to look for: Hot caramel begins to melt the ice cream at the edges.