- Hey, I'm John Kanell,
and today on Preppy Kitchen, we're making bananas foster.
So let's get started.
For this recipe, you'll need a brown sugar, rum,
butter, a little bit of cinnamon, and of course, bananas.
This is all to compliment delicious ice cream,
so grab some of that,
and you'll be making this in a big pan.
So, first off, we're gonna grab some brown sugar.
I want three quarters of a cup packed brown sugar.
It's 165 grams, but I'm using my measuring cup today.
So this recipe comes from New Orleans.
And in case you're wondering,
it was named after Richard Foster.
He did not invent the recipe.
He was friends with the inventors, Owen and Ella Brennan.
And it actually,
it was like a variation on Ella's mom's recipe.
We're gonna take this brown sugar and crumble it in.
And if you're wondering like, "Why New Orleans for bananas?"
It's because the bananas were imported from South America
to New Orleans.
It's a major shipping hub, thanks to the Mississippi.
It's my end of the lesson.
We're adding half a teaspoon of ground cinnamon here.
So, this recipe is super easy.
However, I will tell you,
you need to have everything out first.
So, if you're like trying to find something
while this is cooking or cooling, it's not gonna go right.
Make sure you measure out, mm, a third of a cup of rum.
The rum is like the key thing in here.
So, I recommend using a spiced rum.
All right, the last thing we need for this pan is butter,
half a cup,
and I'm gonna cut it up into pieces
just because, sometimes,
if you overcook the brown sugar,
this takes a turn for the worst and it separates,
it just gets too hot,
and you want everything to combine over a lower temperature.
I learned this the hard way
on many a brown sugar-butter situation
where things just got too hot and it separated
and you're like "Ugh! Why?"
So, this is ready, this is ready.
We're gonna put this over medium heat
and just keep an eye on it and stir, stir, stir.
Also, the last thing I need you to have is a lighter.
You need a lighter
'cause that's the part where I've gone wrong,
like, "Oh my gosh, where's my lighter?"
And I realized that I don't have a lighter,
so I will be using, I'll be using a kitchen torch.
Yeah, which should work just fine.
Now that we're all prepared,
we can start our bananas foster onto the stove.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
The bananas foster also needs... bananas!
What am I thinking?
We need three larger bananas
and we're gonna give them a slice.
You want larger bananas if possible
on a little bit the firmer side.
If they're kind of soft, they're gonna fall apart,
and we're just gonna cut them lengthwise.
So, there we go,
sliced and are ready to go.
Now we're gonna take this and put us over heat.
So I'm setting this over medium-high heat for most of you,
but this stove runs really hot.
It's crazy flames.
So, I'm gonna go down to medium-medium-low actually.
All right, we're gonna cook this over that heat,
stirring frequently,
the butter is gonna melt
and it's gonna get nice and bubbly.
But just keep it moving,
and if your butter was room temperature
or you cut it into small pieces,
I think it just helps the whole process along.
Oh my gosh, butter and brown sugar,
ah, it's like, they're a match made in heaven,
and when you add the rum in, it's amazing.
By the way, like if you're watching this video
and you don't like bananas, I understand,
some people just don't like them.
You can still use this caramel on top of ice cream
and it's heavenly.
All right, so this is bubbling.
It's come together, that was really quick.
Now we're gonna add our bananas in.
Bananas go in and we're gonna cook these
until they're tender,
but do not like be rough with your bananas
because ideally, they're gonna stay in one piece.
If they break, it's fine though.
And here, I'm reducing my heat just a little bit.
So this caramel is incredibly hot, watch your fingers.
The nice thing is though, it's gonna the bananas
and just make them tender
and really bring out more of their sweetness,
and you can definitely flip these bananas over
so they cook evenly too.
So, carefully and deftly flip them over,
or just spoon more caramel on top, that works too.
And you'll be cooking this for about four minutes.
So just make sure you keep stirring,
keep moving the bananas around, ooh, I flipped one over,
and already they're softening up.
So it's only been a couple of minutes
and they're changing color,
they're kinda that like, kind of mm, delicious banana look.
Oh my gosh, I'm gonna make a banana playlist,
this is gonna go in that, just decided, just decided
'cause there's this, the bananas pudding,
I've banana cream pie, and now bananas foster.
Perfect banana trio, and banana bread.
This smells so good right now.
I really hope you're gonna make this recipe.
It's like very dramatic when you light the rum on fire
and just adds a beautiful depth of flavor to the dish.
Okay, this is looking good, I just broke one of my bananas
so I know they're getting tender.
Remove this from heat.
You wanna make sure that the fire is off, that's important.
Wish me luck.
We're gonna pour the rum on top and light it on fire.
Ready?
(harsh sizzling)
Let it warm up for just a second.
Whoa, 'kay.
Now you're flambéing it all up.
It cooks off pretty quickly.
Look at that.
That is what you want.
Mm, it really changed the texture and everything,
just like that.
Once the alcohol cooks off,
all you're left with is that delicious flavor.
Grab some ice cream, scoop it up, let's make it happen.
Okay, I'm so excited.
Now, we're gonna grab the scoop.
This is heaven with ice cream.
(lighthearted playful music)
This ice cream is like a rock.
(lighthearted playful music)
Oh my gosh, this is my magical ice cream scoop
that's like, cuts through ice cream like it was warm butter.
(lighthearted playful music)
(chuckles)
These bananas are huge so I'm actually gonna add them,
just like that.
Halves of bananas today.
Take that caramel
and ladle it over liberally,
oh, you, ah, oh
(laughs)
And you're gonna be everyone's new best friend,
if you weren't already.
Okay, I'm gonna fully tuck into this.
You need to make this recipe too though.
That is really good.
I hope you get a chance to make this recipe.
And if you like this video, check out my banana playlist.