Saucy Bananas Foster - Naturally Gluten Free!

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 3/4 cup dark brown sugar
• 4 medium bananas, peeled cut in half & sliced length-wise
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/3 cup dark rum or 1/3 cup golden rum
• 1/2 gallon vanilla ice cream

Recipe

• 1 be sure hair is pulled/tied back, sleeves rolled up & any other flammable items are not near your stove when you begin this recipe. flambe is fun, but we have to be very careful.
• 2 i like to either recruit someone else to scoop the ice cream while i put the sauce together or do it myself first & place in freezer until i'm ready to serve.
• 3 add butter & brown sugar to large saucepan & melt over medium heat. it should not separate. if it does, your burner is too hot.
• 4 after the butter & brown sugar has melted & turned into a luscious, rich sauce, (5 minutes or so) add the bananas & cinnamon.
• 5 saute for about a minute or even less. i don't like my bananas to get mushy - not even a little bit - remember, they will cook when you flambe the sauce. so, i basically add the bananas & stir to evenly distribute the sauce over them. then, i move quickly to the next step.
• 6 turn off burner & pour rum over evenly the bananas & sauce.
• 7 grab a match or long, grill lighter (my personal favorite). turn off kitchen light. (optional) ha! we like to do the next step in the dark.
• 8 place lighter or match close to sauce & light. it may take a few tries, but usually not. be careful & prepared for a beautiful light show.
• 9 gently move pan back & forth to continue distributing the rum & flame around the sauce.
• 10 pour sauce with 4 pieces of banana over several generous scoops of vanilla ice cream. we have to evenly distribute the sauce at our house. :-).
• 11 serve immediately & enjoy!