John's Bananas Foster

Total Time: 16 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 6 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 medium ripe bananas
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup banana liqueur
• 1/2 cup rum
• vanilla ice cream

Recipe

• 1 cut bananas in half crosswise; cut each half in half lengthwise. melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat;l add brown sugar, and cook, stirring constantly, 2 minutes.
• 2 add bananas to skillet, and remove from heat. stir in liquer and rum, and carefully ignite the fumes just above mixture with a long match or long, multipurpose lighter. let flames die down.
• 3 return skillet to heat, and cook 3-4 minutes or until bananas are soft and curl slightly. remove from heat. serve banana mixture immediately over vanilla ice cream.