Banana’s Foster

INGREDIENTS

• 2 Bananas
• 4 TBL butter
• 1/2 C dark brown sugar
• 1 cinnamon stick
• Juice and zest from one lemon (do not get white)
• TBL high proof Dark rum
• 2 scoops each of high quality vanilla ice cream

STEP BY STEP

1. Heat butter in a sauce pan
2. Pour clarified butter into a larger saute pan – Discard butter solids
3. Add brown sugar, cinnamon stick, and lemon zest
4. Cook until it starts to caramelize. Add dark rum, (helps sugar dissolve)
5. Peel ripe but firm (2 bananas) slice 4 halves into sauce flat side down.
6. Turn heat down to low
7. Cook 1-1/2 – 2 min each side, baste, flip delicately till coated
8. Dish out ice cream – ready to flambé.
9. Add dark rum, take off heat and set on fire.
10. Spoon the sauce over bananas & ice cream