October is still a
good month to have a cookout in Virginia.
Recently we had a nephew from out of town come to visit. He is single and eats
out all the time, so he jumped at the chance to have a homemade meal.
When he arrived, at our home, the steaks were marinating in
the refrigerator. The pasta salad—one of our favorites—was soaking in a
succulent sauce of homegrown herbs, homemade purple basil vinegar, and olive
oil. The green bean casserole was sizzling in the oven sending off the aroma of
mushroom onion gravy.
All day long I had procrastinated the making of an apple
crisp. That new bag of crisp apples would just have to wait for another date.
Too late to bake anything and so I opted for a quick but delicious dessert I
hadn’t made in years—“Bananas Foster”. While the guys tossed the steaks on the
grill I set up the ingredients for my opulent dessert. This easy surprise is prepared
start to finish in 10 minutes!
Ingredients:
3 tablespoons of butter
½ cup brown sugar
¼ cup of your favorite rum
3-4 golden ripe bananas
Good quality vanilla ice cream
Whipping cream
In a medium size saucepan melt butter and add brown sugar.
Stir until bubbly and pour in the rum. Slice
bananas the long way and add to the saucepan. Saute the bananas until soft and
slightly browned then remove from heat. Place two scoops of ice cream in each
of 4-5 stemmed dessert cups and top with your decadent Bananas Foster sauce.
Add some whipped cream if you wish, and serve.
This mouth-watering dessert will hit the spot and everyone
will want seconds or the recipe, so they can try it at home. You know, I bet it
would be good made with peaches instead of bananas. What do you think? If you try it with peaches let me know how it turns out.
