The plan had been to make some rum-glazed pineapple for dessert tonight. But the pineapple had gone off, so I found myself casting about for some other last-minute dessert. There were a few different options, but the bananas foster caught my eye and something tasty, that we had all the ingredients for, and would take very little time to prepare. (And is also delicious!)

Bananas Foster

Slightly adapte from Dessert of the Day by Kate McMillan

Ingredients

• 3 bananas
• 3-4 Tbsp. unsalted butter
• 1/4 c. brown sugar
• 3 Tbsp. dark rum
• ~1 c. vanilla ice cream

Directions

1. Peel the bananas and halve them lengthwise and crosswise.
2. Melt the butter over medium-high heat.
3. When the butter foams, place the bananas in the pan, cut-side-down.
4. Cook for ~5 minutes, then flip and add sugar and rum.
5. Cook for another 5 minutes.
6. To serve, place three banana segments in each bowl, spoon a little sauce over them, and top with 3-4 Tbsp. of ice cream.