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Flambéed Bananas with Rum
Preparation info
Serves
6
Difficulty
Easy
Appears in
The Times Calendar Cookbook
Published 1977
The fresh cream served with these bananas provides a delicious contrast to the hot newly cooked fruit; it also helps to cool them down. For best results, choose bananas that are slightly under-ripe; they should be a little green at the stalk end.
Ingredients
6 - juice of
½ a little
Method
Peel the bananas and cut in half lengthways. Place cut side down in a well-buttered fireproof baking dish and sprinkle with the lemon juice. Blend the sugar and spices and sprinkle over the bananas.
Dot with the butter and place under a hot grill for about 5 minutes, or Until the bananas are golden and soft and the sugar has melted. Baste the bananas occasionally with the juices in the