Bananas Foster R T D HELP

Mainegg · February 2008

OK I have searched and everything I have read has said that Ricks is the best. it seams like everyone has the recipe but is it listed anywhere? I have 9 coming for dinner tonight and that is to be my grand ending I hope. I hope some one can chime in and help me PLEASE

Julie in Cold Maine where it is snowing AGAIN! I promise not to laugh at your helper again Rick

Richard Fl · February 2008

He will get around to you with all the gorgeous pictures, but this will get you started.

Dessert, Bananas Foster, Rick's Tropical Delight

WoW! you guys are in a posting flurry today! i read from work, but i cannot post from work.so anyway, the bananas foster recipe is from Mario Batali, my hero...from his Mario Tailgates NASCAR Style cookbook.

INGREDIENTS:
4 bananas, ripe, but not over-ripe (i used 6 per pan at the eggtoberfest)
1/2 stick butter
6 Tbs of packed brown sugar (i used 1/2 cup at eggtoberfest)
1/2 tsp cinnamon (i used 1 teaspoon at eggtoberfest)
2 oz 151 rum
vanilla ice cream

Procedure:
1 get everything ready because it goes pretty quick once you get started...
2 peel and half the bananas lengthwise (i cut them the other way at eggtoberfest and usually do because there is more surface area to hold onto the sauce and it's easier to stir them... your choice really)
3 heat cast iron skillet over high heat till smoking.
4 put butter in pan. it should melt and start to brown quickly.
5 add brown sugar and stir to form a caramel-like sauce that bubbles quickly such that when you stop stirring, it "foams" quickly.
6 add cinnamon and stir.
7 i do this part a little different than Mario... add bananas and stir to coat with sauce and let cook for no more than two minutes.
8 add 151 rum CAREFULLY!! and dribble the last drops into the fire so it ignites. (mario adds the rum first before the bananas)
9 if rum doesn't light, use a LONG lighter and be ready to jerk your arm back! (you might have observed a little singeing on my arm hair at eggtoberfest)
10 once the flames die off, about 30 seconds, take off heat and serve with vanilla ice cream (i used light whipped cream at eggtoberfest)
11 be very careful with the rum cause it WILL BURN YOU! and that's the last thing i need to be reading on the forum.
12 do NOT let the butter and sugar cook for too long as it will burn and taste like it.
13 enjoy and BE CAREFUL! if you are not comfortable with fire and flaming alcohol, DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS.
14 thanks for all the great comments on this one eggers! and sorry about that third pan whoever got some of that. now you know what burnt butter and brown sugar tastes like *cringe*

Recipe Type
Dessert

Recipe Source
Source: BGE Eggtoberfest '07, Rick's Tropical Delight, 10/22/07

BENTE · February 2008

it is 1 stick of butter
4 bananas sliced
1/2 cup of brown sugar
1/2 tbs of cinimon
2 oz of bacardi 151

heat egg at 400 degrees put cast iron pan in egg let butter melt, add b. sugar let melt, add bananas and cinimon let sugar cinimon and butter coat the bananas and cook a min or so, add bacardi and stand back it is VERY flamable let blue flame go until flame goes out... spoon over ice cream

now you might want to make a double batch for 9.this is the approximate instructions so others may say i have something wrong but that is how i do it

Mainegg · February 2008

THANK YOU , THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! This board is the greatest!!! big hugs to you both for getting back to me so fast. just wanted it all prepped so all I had to do was slice the bananas and toss it all together. we all get together once a week at a different house and it is my turn this week. very informal but cool food. I love using the eggs

one of our guest tonight is a new egger, from Christmas, and it is fun talking egg. we bore everyone to pieces LOL but they don't mind the results LOL Thanks again, Julie

stike · February 2008

you might wanna sub a different rum for the 151. if it's flame you're after, anything will do. i use dark rum, because it has much more flavor.

the alcohol from both will either burn off or vaporize anyway, leaving you with whatever flavor the rum has only.

Mainegg · February 2008

Thanks Stike, LOL we are using 80. that is just fine here

Buckethead · February 2008

For affect you can put the rum in a ladle and light above the dish and poor as the flame travels down into the pan. I would suggest to remove the pan from the flame. Scoop your ice cream ahead and place in a container in the freezer. This will make the process work much smoother when you are feeding sooooo many.
Good luck
Doug

Beli · February 2008

Well....I did my own version last week & called bananas Van Gogh....since mi pot had only one ear :laugh: .....anyway....to the recipe given by Bente..I added whole pecans 6 raisins...and aged tequila.....cooked it direct at a 500° dome temp for about 15 min.....make sure the bananas are a little bit green (hard) since they tend to soften a bit when cooking.....ENJOY!!!!

Unknown · February 2008

http://www.eggheadforum.com/recipes/sides/sides0145.ht

Rick's Tropical Delight · February 2008

hey! i saw this while i was at work, and i knew someone would post the recipe and then there comes 'obe wan recipe' richard to the rescue!

be careful!!

view in WIDE VIEW PLEASE!!

:woohoo:

Rick's Tropical Delight · February 2008

i use 151 because that is what mario's recipe says to use. mario says he learned the recipe from emeril so who am i to argue! :silly:

Beli · February 2008

Great pix Rick.................& tasty looking too!!

Frank from Houma · February 2008

Nice Pics!! Hopefully no hair was lost. :laugh:

Rick's Tropical Delight · February 2008

thanks guys!

here's a couple more :woohoo:

Mainegg · February 2008

Thanks Rick! and to everyone else that posted for me. I did not get pictures. it was gone faster than I could find my camera! We had a wonderful meal and everyone was fat and happy when they left. it was an early night as tomorrow is supposed to be a work day but we are getting a pretty bad storm so probably will have at least the morning off. That recipe is a keeper and we will do again. Julie

Eggtucky · February 2008

But the question is...do you still have all your hair?!?... :woohoo: :woohoo:

Rick's Tropical Delight · February 2008

nice! glad it worked out for ya.

just be sure to not burn the butter and sugar because you will definately not like it and have to start over.

stike · February 2008

mario and emeril are both giant bobbleheaded stooges.

151 adds nuthin.....
MC Jerry knows more about cooking than those two together.

Rick's Tropical Delight · February 2008

ok thanks :blink:

stike · February 2008

hahaha

nome tawkinnabowt?

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