Bananas with caramel sauce

Name: Bananas with caramel sauce
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Makes 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 cup sugar; ½ cup heavy cream; 1 vanilla bean; 4 ripe bananas, peeled; 4 tablespoons butter; 2 tablespoons brown sugar

Preparation info

Makes
4
servings

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

Simple to Spectacular

By Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Mark Bittman

Published 2000

About

A quickly and easily made caramel sauce turns the roasted bananas into a rich and luxurious dessert.

Ingredients

1 cup sugar
1 vanilla bean
½ cup heavy cream</

Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegetarian
Brunch

Method

Preheat the oven to 450°F. Put the sugar in a small heavy saucepan and cook over medium heat, without stirring. As it heats, split the vanilla bean the long way and scrape the seeds into the sugar; discard the pod. When the sugar has melted, swirl the pan and co