Alton Browns Bananas Foster Recipes

BANANAS FOSTER

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a 10-inch heavy skillet over low heat. Add the brown sugar, allspice, and nutmeg, and stir until the sugar dissolves. Add the banana liqueur and bring the sauce to a simmer.
• Add the bananas and cook for 1 minute on each side, carefully spooning sauce over bananas as they cook. Remove bananas from pan to a serving dish.
• Return the sauce to a simmer and carefully add the rum. If the sauce is very hot, the alcohol will flame on its own. If not, use a stick lighter to carefully ignite the sauce and continue cooking until flame dies out, 1 to 2 minutes. If the sauce is too thin, cook for an additional 1 to 2 minutes until it reaches a syrupy consistency. Add the orange zest and stir to combine. Immediately spoon the sauce over bananas and serve. Serve with waffles, crepes, or ice cream.

ALTON BROWN'S BANANAS FOSTER

Steps:

• Melt butter in a 10-inch heavy skillet over low heat.
• Add brown sugar, allspice and nutmeg and stir until sugar dissolves.
• Add banana liqueur and bring sauce to simmer.
• Add bananas and cook for 1 minute on each side, carefully spooning sauce over bananas as they are cooking.
• Remove bananas from pan to a serving dish.
• Bring sauce to a simmer and carefully add the rum.
• If the sauce is very hot, the alcohol will flame on its own.
• If not, using stick flame, carefully ignite and continue cooking until flame dies out, approximately 1 to 2 minutes.
• If sauce is too thin, cook for 1 to 2 minutes until it is syrupy in consistency.
• Immediately spoon the sauce over bananas and serve.
• Serve with waffles, crepes, or ice cream.

BANANAS FOSTER II

Steps:

• In a large, deep skillet over medium heat, melt butter. Stir in sugar, rum, vanilla and cinnamon. When mixture begins to bubble, place bananas and walnuts in pan. Cook until bananas are hot, 1 to 2 minutes. Serve at once over vanilla ice cream.