Bananas Foster

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Bananas Foster




Ingredients:
(for two servings):

    1/2 cup brown sugar
    2 Tbsp butter
    1/4 tsp cinnamon
    1/4 cup heavy cream (or maybe a little less)
    small handful of chopped pecans
    1 ripe, but still firm banana
    1 Tbsp dark rum (optional)

Toast the pecans in a dry skillet over medium to medium-high heat until toasted.  Stir them often.  This brings out the oils in them and they become much "nuttier."  Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat.  Add brown sugar and cook until bubbly and thick, a couple of minutes max.  Add the cream and stir until smooth.  Add the bananas and gently "bathe" them with the caramel sauce.  You really only want to warm the bananas.  Over cooking them will make them mushy.  Also, avoid stirring them too much, or they will break.  Add the dark rum and stir.  The alcohol will cook out, and you will be left with a nice background note of the rum.  (I do NOT flambe' things in my kitchen. This is up to you.)  Cook until the mixture reduces, thickens and gets silky.  Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.  Garnish with extra sauce, toasted nuts, some fresh mint, and a little cinnamon sugar over the top.

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