Julee Rosso, Sheila Lukins

Bananas Foster

Preparation info

  • 2

    portions
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
top 1000The New Basics Cookbook
The New Basics Cookbook

By Sheila Lukins and Julee Rosso

Published 1989

  • About

We have reinterpreted this classic—created at the Commander’s Palace in New Orleans in the 1950s—for a quick, luscious dessert prepared in the microwave.

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons banana cordial
  • ¼ cup dark rum
  • 4 tablespoons

Method

  1. Stir the banana cordial and rum together in a small bowl, and set aside.
  2. Place the butter in a 9 inch square microwave-safe dish and melt at full power (650 to 700 watts) for 1½ minutes.
  3. Stir the brown sugar into the melted butter. Turn the banana halves in t