Bananas Foster

Name: Bananas Foster
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: US & Canada, American, Southern
Ingredients: 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter (1/2 stick); 1/2 cup, packed dark brown sugar (3 1/2 ounces/99 grams); 1 , cinnamon stick; 1 strip, lemon zest (1 to 2 inches long by about 1 1/2 inch wide); 1/4 cup, dark rum; 2 , large, firm, ripe bananas, peeled and halved lengthwise and then halved crosswise; 1 pint, vanilla ice cream

Desserts or Baked Goods
US & Canada
American
Southern
Fruits & Vegetables
Fruit
Fruit Desserts

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This New Orleans classic may look dramatic, but it's both easy and quick to make.

SERVES 4

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