Warm Bananas With Brown Sugar And Bay Leaf Food

BANANAS IN BROWN SUGAR AND RUM

Steps:

• Peel bananas, and carefully cut in half lengthwise.
• In a medium saute pan over medium heat, melt 1 tablespoon butter. Add 2 tablespoons brown sugar, and swirl until dissolved.
• Add 2 bananas, cut side down, and cook for about 2 minutes on each side, turning very carefully.
• Pouring from a measuring cup, with the pan off the heat, add 1/4 cup rum. Stand back from stove, and return pan to heat. Shake the pan, allowing rum to ignite. Let the alcohol burn off, and again shake the pan, to coat the bananas. Cook until glazed and translucent, about 1 minute longer.
• Remove bananas to warm plates, divide sauce between them, and repeat with remaining 2 bananas.
• Garnish each banana with a little dab of creme fraiche or sour cream, and serve immediately.

WARM CARAMEL BANANAS

Steps:

• Melt butter in large skillet on medium heat. Add sugar; cook until melted, stirring occasionally. Gradually mix in sour cream; cook on low heat 1 min.
• Cut bananas lengthwise, then crosswise in half. Add, cut sides down, to skillet; cook 1 min., basting occasionally with sauce from bottom of skillet. Stir in nuts.
• Spoon bananas evenly into 4 dessert dishes; top with remaining sauce in skillet. Drizzle with chocolate; top with COOL WHIP.

BROWN-SUGAR BANANAS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk together honey, brown sugar, and 2 tablespoons water; set aside. Melt butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. When foam from butter subsides, add bananas in a single layer; cook, flipping once, until dark brown, 7 to 9 minutes total.
• Add reserved honey mixture; cook 45 seconds and serve immediately. Cooled bananas can be refrigerated in an airtight container up to 1 day. Reheat over medium-low before serving.

CINNAMON-SPICED BANANAS

Steps:

• Place bananas in a small microwave-safe bowl. Top with brown sugar, vanilla and cinnamon; dot with butter., Cover and microwave on high for 1-2 minutes or until sugar is melted, stirring once. Spoon banana mixture into bowls; top with ice cream. Serve immediately.

TYLER FLORENCE'S ROASTED SWEET POTATO BANANA PUREE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Prick the sweet potatoes all over with a fork and put them on a roasting pan. On another roasting pan prick bananas and lay out in a single layer. Roast sweet potatoes for 45 minutes until very soft and roast bananas for 25 minutes. Remove both pans from the oven and allow to cool slightly.
• In a small sauce pot heat cream with bay leaf until reduced by half, then keep warm until ready to puree potatoes and bananas.
• When the potatoes are cool enough to handle, scoop out the flesh into the bowl of a food processor. Add peeled bananas. Season with salt, add butter, cream, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla and puree until super smooth. Pour into an oven-proof gratin dish.
• Make the topping by combining flour, cold butter and brown sugar in the food processor and pulse until you have the texture of coarse bread crumbs. Sprinkle on top of the puree and place under the broiler until golden brown and crispy, about 4-5 minutes.
• TIPS.
• You can roast the potatoes and bananas ahead of time, then put it all together just before serving. Then heat it up in the oven.