Paula's Bananas Foster

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen

Show: Paula's Home CookingEpisode: Cajun Cooking

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (83)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(83)

Cook Time:
8 min
Level:
Intermediate
Yield:
4 servings

Times:

Prep: 5 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 8 min
Total:: 13 min

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Ingredients

1 stick butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
4 bananas peeled and halved, cut lengthwise
1/4 cup dark rum

Directions

Melt butter in a large skillet. Add brown sugar and stir together. Add the bananas and cook until caramelized over medium-high heat. Pour in the rum and catch a flame off of the gas stove or a BBQ lighter. Stand back when ignited and flambe. Be careful; a flame will shoot up above the pan. Let flame die down. Serve over vanilla ice cream and/or a slice of pound cake.

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Sylvia Armona, CA 10-14-2009
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Loved this
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

My neighbor and I saw you cook this on Paula's Party the other day and decided we had to try it. We only had light rum but... it still turned out delicious. We couldn't tell it was flaming after we lit the rum until we turned off the lights. It was so pretty. Read more
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Christine Milwaukee, WI 09-23-2009
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Loved it!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I finally got to use my Bahamian rum. It was great over ice cream!
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JAWENIA snellville, GA 07-03-2009
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Not the best Paula!
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

i didn't like the bananas in the bananas foster that's not good because bananas are the main thing in bananas foster! ALL I... ATE WAS THE ICE CREAM!Read more
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Pat Lake Charles, LA 06-17-2009
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TRY IT WITH ICE CREAM AND PECANS!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Thanks, Paula! This is a very traditional Creole recipe. Here in Louisiana we like pecans.Try this recipe with vanilla ice... cream. Drizzle the ice cream with honey and then sprinkle with chopped pecans. C'est bon!Read more
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Jenn Worcester, MA 04-21-2009
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Delicious!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This recipe was simple and came out great! Great idea to make for guests, since flambe adds a little excitement... loved it!
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Brian Washington, LA 04-15-2009
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Eaten this all my life! (35 yrs)
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I'm a native Louisiana Creole raised in 'Cajun Country' and I had this dish all my life. It's amazing and a little surprising... how EXACT and authentic this recipe is. Most versions of our popular foods (I've NEVER see a real gumbo recipe on TV) are so alien looking to real Cajun's and Creoles. Paula... you really got this right! My grandmother always used Grand Marinier and only made this with plantains from the yard but most of us use rum and regular bananas just like you. To amybody reading who has a real banana obsession, try it with Creme de Banana in place of rum. I keep it on hand just for that purpose but I add a cinimon stick to the sauce to preserve the multi-dementional flavor it needs to pass down here. Just don't add other spices. With this dish, the golden rule is the fewer ingreiants the better. Ane you'll NEVER find an easier/quicker desert to cook! Read more