Bananas Foster A La Mode Recipes

DELICIOUS BANANAS FOSTER A LA MODE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, over low heat, combine butter, sugar and cinnamon, stirring until sugar dissolves.
• Add bananas, stirring gently until bananas begin to soften and brown.
• Carefully add rum and liqueur, cooking until rum is hot.
• Tip pan slightly and ignite rum.
• When flames subside, remove bananas from pan and serve 4 pieces of banana with 1 scoop of ice cream Generously spoon warm sauce over top and serve immediately.

BANANAS FOSTER

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a heavy skillet over a medium-high heat. Add the brown sugar. Stir together and cook for a minute or two. Pour in the cream and stir it around to combine.
• Peel the bananas and slice them on the bias inside the peel. Drop the slices into the pan. Next, add the chopped nuts and stir them into the sauce. Then - and this is where you need to be a little careful - stir in the rum. Let it start to bubble, and then carefully use a long lighter to ignite it. (Be sure to have a lid handy in case you need to extinguish the flame.) Let the fire burn and go out (it'll only take about 30 seconds or so), and then stir in the cinnamon at the end. You may also cook the mixture without flambeing it.
• Spoon it over a couple of scoops of vanilla ice cream and enjoy immediately.
• Spoon bananas Foster over French toast, waffles or crepes. Substitute peaches, pears or cherries for the bananas. Of course, then it probably wouldn't be considered bananas Foster.

BAKED POTATOES A LA MODE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Scrub the potatoes with a scrub brush. Prick them with a fork, then wrap tightly in foil, and bake for about 40 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat a wok or frying pan, add the oil, then add the broccoli and stir-fry over high heat for about 5 minutes, sprinkling with salt and crushed garlic as you go. Remove from the heat and spoon into a bowl.
• Cook red bell pepper in a little water until tender. Place in a blender with a few shakes of salt and a small clove of garlic. Puree the pepper until smooth and strain it into a small bowl so the skins are left behind in the strainer.
• Melt butter in the wok or frying pan. Add the mushrooms and salt lightly. Saute over medium heat for about 10 minutes, then spoon into a bowl.
• Assemble the toppings in bowls: the stir-fried broccoli, pepper puree, stir fried mushrooms, olives, tomato, scallions, pesto, grated cheese, and sour cream or cottage cheese.
• Slit each potato and use a fork to mash the insides with a little butter and/or milk to make them creamy (so the toppings will blend in more easily). Top as desired with various accompaniments.

BANANAS FOSTER A LA MODE

Steps:

• Mix all together in mixer until blended and pour into Gallon Pitchers. Place in cooler for transport. Line up 100 martini glasses, rim glasses with Banana Praline dust, if time allows, prior to service. Pour 3 1/2 ounces of drink into glasses, float 1/2-ounce of 151 on top and light with a torch. Add ice cube (frozen banana with orchid).

BANANAS FOSTER

Steps:

• Set ice cream out to soften. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat butter, sugar, and rum over medium-low. Cook, stirring occasionally, until smooth and bubbly, 4 to 6 minutes.
• Add bananas, and cook, gently swirling skillet, until bananas are just warmed through, 1 to 2 minutes. Scoop ice cream into bowls, and top with bananas and caramel sauce. Serve immediately.

BRENNAN'S BANANAS FOSTER

Steps:

• Combine the butter, sugar and cinnamon in a flambé pan or skillet.
• Place the pan over low heat either on an alcohol burner or on top of the stove, and cook, stirring, until the sugar dissolves.
• Stir in the banana liqueur, then place the bananas in the pan. When the banana sections soften and begin to brown, carefully add the rum.
• Continue to cook the sauce until the rum is hot, then tip the pan slightly to ignite the rum, or ignite with a long match.
• When the flames subside, lift the bananas out of the pan and place four pieces over each portion of ice cream.
• Generously spoon warm sauce over the top of the ice cream and serve immediately.

EASY BANANAS FOSTER A LA MODE

Steps:

• Peel Bananas and place in a non-stick skillet. Pour syrup over the bananas and bring to a simmer.
• Continue to cook bananas, spooning syrup over the top for 3 minutes.
• Turn off heat and cover to keep warm.
• Spoon frozen yogurt into four dishes or bowls. Gently place a warm banana on top of the frozen dessert, spooning the syrup on top.
• Garnish with whipped topping and serve to four very happy people.