Bananas Foster

Template:Short description Template:Infobox prepared food Bananas Foster is a dessert made from bananas and vanilla ice cream, with a sauce made from butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, dark rum, and banana liqueur.<ref name= NOOnline>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The butter, sugar and bananas are cooked, and then alcohol is added and ignited. The bananas and sauce are then served over the ice cream. Popular toppings also include whipped cream and different types of nuts (pecans, walnuts, etc.). The dish is often prepared tableside as a flambé.

History

Bananas Foster is an American dessert that originated in New Orleans made with cooked bananas served in a butter, brown sugar and rum sauce. The caramelized liquor-based sauce is often prepared via flambé. This dessert can be served with vanilla ice cream or as a crêpe filling, but it may also be eaten on its own.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Cinnamon and nutmeg may be added as seasoning.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

The dish was created at Brennan's<ref name="NOOnline" /> in New Orleans, Louisiana, where got its start a few years earlier when the restaurant was still in its older location and known as Owen Brennan's Vieux Carré.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> In 1951, Ella Brennan and the restaurant's chef Paul Blangé worked together to modify a dish made by Ella's mother in the Brennan family home. At this time, New Orleans was a major hub for the import of bananas from South America. It was named for Richard Foster, the chairman of the New Orleans Crime Commission and a friend of restaurant owner Owen Brennan.<ref name= NOOnline />

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  A waiter prepares Bananas Foster at Brennan's

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  Bananas Foster includes a flambé.

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  Bananas Foster French toast at a New Orleans restaurant

See also

• Cherries jubilee
• Cuisine of New Orleans
• List of American desserts
• List of banana dishes
• Louisiana Creole cuisine