Banana Flambé
Ingredients:
- 6 firm bananas
- 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
- 65 g( 2.2 oz) butter
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 6 scoops vanilla ice cream
- 125 ml (4.2 fl oz) rum
Procedure:
- Cut bananas into half lengthwise, peel then cut into half.
- In a pan, combine brown sugar, cinnamon and butter.
- Cook over gentle heat, stirring constantly until mixture is a smooth syrup.
- Add bananas and baste with the syrup for 3-4 minutes, then remove the pan from heat.
- Warm the rum in a ladle, ignite and pour over the bananas.
- Baste bananas with the sauce until flame dies.
- Serve ice cream scoops in dessert dishes and top with bananas and syrup.
From: www.dessertrecipes.org.uk
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