This Genius Secret Ingredient Takes Bananas Foster to the Next Level
It will have everyone raving.
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I like bananas served as a dessert more than bananas themselves. Once cooked, whether in a pan or in the oven as loaf or cake, they are irresistible.
If you have a bundle of bananas on your countertop, I’m convinced Allrecipes has one of the best banana desserts on the internet. It’s a simple Bananas Foster recipe, and it’s a sneaky good dessert with rich, sweet flavor.
There is obviously the traditional way to make this, but many Allrecipes reviewers put their own spin on this treat—and one home cook’s 3-ingredient trick is one of the best ways I’ve seen to take this recipe to the next level.
What Is Bananas Foster?
A Bananas Foster is a traditional New Orleans dessert made from ripe bananas, rum, butter, brown sugar, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and ice cream. Many recipes may also include ingredients like banana liqueur or something nutty and crunchy.
If you’re ordering this dessert at a restaurant, it is likely flambéed before serving, which is a process where food is doused in liqueur or spirit and burned. In the case of a Bananas Foster, the alcohol in the rum is burned off and you’re left with the sweet, complex flavor.
The same process happens in this recipe, but more slowly. When the ingredients for the sauce come to a low boil in a pot, the alcohol burns off over the course of a few minutes.
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How to Make the Best Banana Foster
If you like crunchy texture paired with ice cream, this trick is for you. Reviewer Keri Kennelly “combined [the recipe] with another dessert since some people (like my husband) aren't big on bananas. It's called crunchy ice cream, and it isn't on this website. You need 4 scoops of vanilla ice cream, honey, cinnamon sugar, and about 2 cups of crushed corn flakes.”
Cook the bananas and sauce as you normally would. The twist of this recipe starts before you combine the bananas with the ice cream.
Place four scoops of ice cream in a bowl. Drizzle honey on each ice cream scoop.
Sprinkle cinnamon sugar mix over each scoop.
Then, cover each scoop with the corn flakes. Place Bananas Foster around the ice cream and enjoy!
More Tips for Improving Banana Fosters
Our Bananas Foster recipe has over 950 5-star ratings and over 800 reviews from home cooks making this recipe their own. If you scroll through the reviews, you’ll find great substitutions or simple twists that improve the dessert in dozens of different ways. It’s easy to sort by most helpful or most positive to find great hacks to try.
“I used rum extract in place of rum,” says reviewer Alyson Jones. “I looked up the substitution on the web and found out 1 tablespoon rum equals 1 teaspoon rum extract, plus 2 teaspoons water. I used these measurements and it tasted perfect!
“Wowed our Bed and Breakfast guests!” says reviewer Murray. “I toasted the walnuts separately, then served the bananas and sauce over cream cheese stuffed french toast and garnished it with whipped cream. It was sooo good!”
“Fabulous! When I made this dish, I sliced the bananas the short way so it was easy to eat with the ice cream,” says reviewer Kelly. “For the rum, I simply got one of those one shot bottles at the liquor counter. It was the exact amount needed for the recipe.”
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