Best 10 Simple Bananas Foster Recipes

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Indulge in the delectable flavors of Bananas Foster, a classic New Orleans dessert that combines the lusciousness of caramelized bananas with the warmth of a buttery rum sauce. This iconic dish is a symphony of textures and flavors, featuring tender and golden bananas enveloped in a rich, velvety sauce, all complemented by a hint of cinnamon and a dash of vanilla.

In this collection of recipes, we present three variations of this beloved dessert, each offering a unique twist on the original. The first recipe is the classic Bananas Foster, prepared with butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, vanilla, banana liqueur, and dark rum. The second recipe introduces a delightful twist by adding a touch of Grand Marnier, orange juice, and orange zest, resulting in a citrusy and aromatic Bananas Foster. The third recipe takes a creative approach, incorporating pineapple, coconut milk, and toasted coconut flakes for a tropical and exotic flavor profile.

Whether you are a seasoned cook or a novice in the kitchen, these recipes provide clear and concise instructions, ensuring that you can recreate this iconic dessert with ease. So, gather your ingredients and embark on a culinary journey to New Orleans, where the sweet and indulgent flavors of Bananas Foster await.

Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!

CLASSIC BANANAS FOSTER



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Provided by Valerie Bertinelli

Categories     dessert

Time 10m

Yield 2 servings

Number Of Ingredients 6

3 ripe bananas
1/3 cup brown sugar
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3 tablespoons dark rum
Vanilla ice cream, for serving

Steps:

  • Peel the bananas and slice them about 1 inch thick on a long bias. Heat the sugar, butter and cinnamon together in a medium skillet over medium heat until bubbling. Add the bananas and stir gently to coat. Add the rum and carefully ignite the alcohol with a stick lighter. Step back and let the alcohol burn off. Continue to cook, stirring gently, until the sauce has thickened a little bit and the bananas are slightly softened, 1 to 2 minutes. Divide the bananas and sauce between 2 small bowls. Top with ice cream and serve immediately.

EASY BANANAS FOSTER



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Provided by Giada De Laurentiis Bio & Top Recipes

Categories     dessert

Time 10m

Yield 4 to 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 6

2 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
2 bananas, sliced 1/3-inch thick
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup dulce de leche or your favorite caramel sauce
Vanilla ice cream, for serving
Mini chocolate chips, for serving

Steps:

  • In a 12-inch nonstick skillet, melt the butter over medium-high heat until it begins to bubble. Add the bananas in a single layer and cook for 1 to 2 minutes, or until beginning to brown. Flip the bananas with a rubber spatula and brown them slightly on the reverse side. Sprinkle with the cinnamon and cook for another 30 seconds, stirring occasionally. Gently mix in the dulce de leche; simmer for 1 minute, then set aside to cool a bit. Serve over ice cream, with mini chocolate chips sprinkled over the top.

QUICK BANANAS FOSTER



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Guests are always impressed when I ignite the rum in this delicious bananas Foster dessert. Use perfectly ripe bananas for best results. -Mary Lou Wayman, Salt Lake City, Utah

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 25m

Yield 4 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 7

1/3 cup butter, cubed
3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3 medium bananas
2 tablespoons creme de cacao or banana liqueur
1/4 cup dark rum
2 cups vanilla ice cream

Steps:

  • In a large skillet or flambé pan, melt butter over medium-low heat. Stir in brown sugar and cinnamon until combined. Cut each banana lengthwise and then widthwise into quarters; add to butter mixture. Cook, stirring gently, for 3-5 minutes or until glazed and slightly softened. Stir in creme de cacao; heat through., In a small saucepan, heat rum over low heat until vapors form on surface. Carefully ignite rum and slowly pour over bananas, coating evenly. , Leaving skillet or pan on the cooking surface, gently shake pan back and forth until flames are completely extinguished; serve over ice cream.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 567 calories, Fat 23g fat (14g saturated fat), Cholesterol 70mg cholesterol, Sodium 224mg sodium, Carbohydrate 80g carbohydrate (72g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 3g protein.

BANANAS FOSTER II



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On Father's Day we all tried this delicious dessert, which everyone loved. Bananas warmed in buttery rum sauce over vanilla ice cream.

Provided by BUTTERMEBREAD

Categories     Desserts     Fruit Dessert Recipes     Banana Dessert Recipes

Time 20m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 8

¼ cup butter
⅔ cup dark brown sugar
3 ½ tablespoons rum
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
3 bananas, peeled and sliced lengthwise and crosswise
¼ cup coarsely chopped walnuts
1 pint vanilla ice cream

Steps:

  • In a large, deep skillet over medium heat, melt butter. Stir in sugar, rum, vanilla and cinnamon. When mixture begins to bubble, place bananas and walnuts in pan. Cook until bananas are hot, 1 to 2 minutes. Serve at once over vanilla ice cream.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 533.8 calories, Carbohydrate 73.2 g, Cholesterol 59.5 mg, Fat 23.8 g, Fiber 3.4 g, Protein 4.6 g, SaturatedFat 12.3 g, Sodium 146.1 mg, Sugar 60.8 g

BANANAS FOSTER



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Provided by Ree Drummond : Food Network

Categories     dessert

Time 15m

Yield 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 stick salted butter
1 cup packed dark brown sugar
1/2 cup heavy cream
2 bananas
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
1/2 cup dark rum
Dash cinnamon
Vanilla Ice Cream, for serving

Steps:

  • Melt the butter in a heavy skillet over a medium-high heat. Add the brown sugar. Stir together and cook for a minute or two. Pour in the cream and stir it around to combine.
  • Peel the bananas and slice them on the bias inside the peel. Drop the slices into the pan. Next, add the chopped nuts and stir them into the sauce. Then - and this is where you need to be a little careful - stir in the rum. Let it start to bubble, and then carefully use a long lighter to ignite it. (Be sure to have a lid handy in case you need to extinguish the flame.) Let the fire burn and go out (it'll only take about 30 seconds or so), and then stir in the cinnamon at the end. You may also cook the mixture without flambeing it.
  • Spoon it over a couple of scoops of vanilla ice cream and enjoy immediately.
  • Spoon bananas Foster over French toast, waffles or crepes. Substitute peaches, pears or cherries for the bananas. Of course, then it probably wouldn't be considered bananas Foster.

BANANAS FOSTER



Bananas Foster image

Provided by Tyler Florence

Categories     dessert

Yield 6 to 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 7

6 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 cup light brown sugar, packed
6 ripe bananas, peeled, sliced lengthwise and halved
1/4 cup banana liqueur
1/2 cup dark rum
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 pint vanilla ice cream

Steps:

  • Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium-low heat. Add the brown sugar and stir until the sugar completely dissolves, about 2 minutes. Lay the bananas in the pan and cook on both sides until they become slightly soft and begin to brown, about 3 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and add the banana liqueur and then the rum and cinnamon. Tip the pan slightly and carefully ignite the alcohol with a long kitchen match or kitchen lighter to flambe. Put the pan back on the heat and shake it back and forth basting the bananas, until the flame dies out.
  • Divide the ice cream among dessert bowls. Gently lift the bananas from the pan and place 2 pieces on the ice cream. Spoon the sauce over the ice cream and serve immediately.

BANANAS FOSTER



Bananas Foster image

Provided by Alton Brown

Categories     dessert

Time 12m

Yield 2 servings

Number Of Ingredients 8

2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/4 cup (1.75 ounces) dark brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
1 tablespoon banana liqueur
2 under ripe bananas, sliced in half lengthwise
1/4 cup dark rum
1/2 teaspoon finely grated orange zest

Steps:

  • Melt butter in a 10-inch heavy skillet over low heat. Add brown sugar, allspice and nutmeg and stir until sugar dissolves. Add banana liqueur and bring sauce to simmer. Add bananas and cook for 1 minute on each side, carefully spooning sauce over bananas as they are cooking. Remove bananas from pan to a serving dish. Bring sauce to a simmer and carefully add the rum. If the sauce is very hot, the alcohol will flame on its own. If not, using stick flame, carefully ignite and continue cooking until flame dies out, approximately 1 to 2 minutes. If sauce is too thin, cook for 1 to 2 minutes until it is syrupy in consistency. Add orange zest and stir to combine. Immediately spoon the sauce over bananas and serve. Serve with waffles, crepes, or ice cream.

BANANAS FOSTER



Bananas Foster image

The New York Times food editor Jane Nickerson first published this recipe in 1957 as part of an article on New Orleans-style Creole cooking. Adapted from Brennan's restaurant, this recipe is meant to be a showstopper. But it's deceptively easy. Be sure to have a lid at the ready to extinguish the flame in case things get out of hand. If you cannot find banana liqueur, just add a teaspoon more rum.

Provided by Sara Bonisteel

Categories     breakfast, brunch, easy, for two, quick, dessert

Time 5m

Yield 2 servings

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 tablespoon unsalted butter
2 teaspoons dark brown sugar
1 banana, peeled, halved lengthwise and crosswise
Cinnamon
1 teaspoon banana liqueur
1 ounce light rum (80- to 90-proof)
Vanilla ice cream, for serving

Steps:

  • Melt butter and sugar in a small frying pan. Add banana pieces and sauté over medium heat until lightly browned, turning pieces once. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Remove pan from heat.
  • Add liqueur and rum to pan. To flambé, carefully light sauce with long-reach lighter. Spoon flaming sauce over the banana pieces until flame is extinguished.
  • Serve warm banana pieces and sauce over vanilla ice cream.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 156, UnsaturatedFat 2 grams, Carbohydrate 17 grams, Fat 6 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 1 gram, SaturatedFat 4 grams, Sodium 3 milligrams, Sugar 11 grams, TransFat 0 grams

EASY BANANAS FOSTER



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Make and share this Easy Bananas Foster recipe from Food.com.

Provided by rouxdog

Categories     Frozen Desserts

Time 10m

Yield 2 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 7

2 tablespoons butter
2 bananas, sliced
1 cup light brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 pinch salt
2 scoops ice cream (vanilla or something more exotic like praline or wattleseed)

Steps:

  • Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat.
  • Add sliced bananas and stir for 2 minutes.
  • Add brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, and salt.
  • Lower heat and continue cooking, stirring constantly for 2 more minutes.
  • Serve over a scoops of ice cream.
  • Note: 1 oz of booze may be added during the last 2 minutes of cooking (Rum works well), add with the pan off of the heat- Beware of flaming.

BANANAS FOSTER



Bananas Foster image

Bananas Foster, a flambéed dessert of halved bananas in a syrupy rum sauce, is a New Orleans favorite that never fails to please. Don't forget the ice cream.

Provided by Marcelle Bienvenu

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 8

2 bananas, peeled
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
¼ cup dark brown sugar
⅛ teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons banana liqueur
¼ cup white rum
1 pint vanilla ice cream

Steps:

  • Slice the bananas in half lengthwise and brush with the lemon juice. Melt the butter with the sugar in a flat chafing dish or 10-inch skillet. Add the bananas and sauté until just tender. Sprinkle with the cinnamon.
  • Remove from the heat and add liqueur and rum. Carefully ignite with a long match. Use a large long-handled spoon to baste the bananas with the warm liquid until the flame burns out.
  • Divide the ice cream among four dishes. Top each one with a banana half and some of the sauce. Serve immediately.

Tips:

  • Choose ripe but firm bananas for the best flavor and texture.
  • Use a heavy-bottomed skillet to prevent the butter from burning.
  • Be careful not to overcook the bananas, as they will become mushy.
  • Serve Bananas Foster immediately, as it is best enjoyed warm.
  • If you don't have dark rum, you can substitute amber rum or brandy.
  • For a richer flavor, use vanilla bean ice cream instead of regular ice cream.
  • Top Bananas Foster with chopped nuts, such as pecans or walnuts, for an extra crunch.
  • You can also add a pinch of cinnamon or nutmeg for a warm, autumnal flavor.

Conclusion:

Bananas Foster is a classic dessert that is easy to make and always a crowd-pleaser. With its combination of sweet, boozy, and creamy flavors, it's sure to be a hit at your next party or gathering. So next time you're looking for a special dessert to impress your guests, give Bananas Foster a try!

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