bananas flambe

Pierre Louis was a French grad student doing research at my dad's work place this past spring. One night, he cooked for my parents: ratatouille and bananas flambe. "No fair!" I whined to my mom when she told me. But luckily he left the recipes. I have yet to try the ratatouille, though.

Bananas Flambe

4 bananas, each sliced lengthwise into 2 pieces
3 Tsp butter
2 tsp granulated sugar
1/2 to 1/4 cup of rum

1 pan
1 saucepan

1) Melt the butter in the pan.



2) Sautee the bananas in the pan until soft and a bit golden brown on the outside.

3) Remove the pan from the stove.



4) Pour the rum in the sauce pan, and heat on med-high for about 2 minutes.

5) Remove the saucepan from the stove.

6) Light the rum in the saucepan using a long match or candle-lighter.

7) Quickly pour the flaming rum into the pan with the bananas. (sorry, no pictures of this, but it was a pretty, blue flame!)

8) Wait until the flame dies out. (Isn't the tiny rum bottle cute? It held 1/4 of a cup of orange flavored rum, which was plenty, actually.)



9) Serve with vanilla icecream.



Yum!