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Basic Bananas Foster Recipe
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Basic Bananas Foster Recipe

7 ingredients 10 min 4 servings openrecipes
Basic Bananas Foster Recipe

Flambéing bananas and rum in front of your guests gives you massive kitchen cred. (And this dessert is actually easy!) What's not good cred? Having the fire department...

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

294
Calories
2g
Protein
12g
Fat
42g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 6 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Banana 1 medium (118g) 105
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Rum 1/2 oz (15ml) 32
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter (1/2 stick)
  • 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
  • 2 pinches ground cinnamon
  • 1 pinch fine salt
  • 4 ripe but firm bananas, peeled and cut in half crosswise then lengthwise to yield 16 pieces total
  • 1/2 cup dark rum
  • for serving (optional)

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By chow · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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