Bananas Foster is a fabulous way to celebrate Mardi Gras, or to finish any New Orleans-inspired meal. But why limit it to the classic flambéed bananas over ice cream? Try twists like cheesecake, crepes, individual tarts or even tossing your bananas on the grill.
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RecipeClassic Bananas Foster
Created at Brennan's restaurant in New Orleans in 1951, this classic dessert was named after loyal customer Richard Foster. Firm, ripe bananas are sautéed in a rum-infused caramel sauce, then flambéed in front of diners and spooned over vanilla ice cream. For extra pyrotechnics, throw a pinch of cinnamon onto the sauce as it flames. Read the Test Kitchen blog for tips on flambéing safely.
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RecipeBrandied Banana Pudding Parfaits
These parfaits are inspired by classic banana pudding layered with vanilla wafer cookies, but brandy adds a refined touch. They’re the perfect ending for a casual dinner party.
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RecipeGrilled Cinnamon-Sugar Bananas with Vanilla Ice Cream & Bourbon
This dessert is a little reminiscent of a grilled Bananas Foster. The secret to grilling bananas is leaving them in their skin to hold them together and protect them from the flame. The bonus is that you know that your bananas are done when the skin starts to separate from the flesh.
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Recipe香蕉奶油馅饼用巧克力酱
In this modern take on Bananas Foster, torched bananas and rum-spiked pastry cream are layered with on a cocoa-fueled crust and drizzled with a warm chocolate sauce.
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RecipeBanana-Rum Crêpes with Brown Sugar Whipped Cream
This recipe of crepes embedded with sliced bananas and dolloped with cream is excerpted from Southern Comfort by renowned NOLA chefs Allison Vines Rushing and Slade Rushing. -
RecipeBananas Foster Cream Pie
Bananas Foster inspired this riff on a classic banana cream pie. It features a layer of rum-spiked sautéed bananas under the traditional pudding filling, plus a brown sugar-mascarpone cream topping. -
RecipeCaramelized Spiced Banana Cheesecake
A little reminiscent of Bananas Foster, this cheesecake has a rich spiced-banana filling, topped with a luscious caramel sauce.
