Sylvie's Bananas Foster

20 min

4 servings

Sylvie’s rendition of her favourite New Orleans dessert. So easy and yummy – perfect when you need to come up with a quick dessert with only a few bananas and what’s in the pantry.

Ingredients

  • 1⁄4 cup butter
  • 2⁄3 cup dark brown sugar
  • 1⁄4 cup rum
  • 1 1⁄2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp Cinnamon (ground)
  • 3 bananas, each peeled and sliced lengthwise, then in half
  • 1⁄4 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
  • 4 scoops vanilla ice cream

Preparation

  1. In a large frying pan, melt butter over medium heat.
  2. Stir in sugar, rum, vanilla extract, and Cinnamon. When mixture begins to bubble, place bananas and walnuts in pan. Cook for 1-2 minutes, until bananas are hot.
  3. Serve immediately over vanilla ice cream.

Nutritional Information

Per serving: Calories 460, Fat 18 g (Saturated 8 g, 0 0 g), Cholesterol 35 mg, Sodium 120 mg, Carbohydrate 67 g (Fiber 3 g, Sugars 56 g), Protein 4 g.