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Banana's Foster
Recipe courtesy Alton Brown, 2003

Ingredients
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

Instructions
Melt butter in a 10-inch heavy skillet over low heat.

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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.

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