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lsubatgirl · Gucci

Help with Recipe

JackieO527 · Dooney & Bourke

Here is a different recipe.
Most Banana Foster recipes resemble this. I don't know where your recipe came from or if we are talking about the same thing but this is a recipe I found. I hope this helps.
Cloves-They are not talking about garlic, there is a spice just called cloves.

Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 cup banana liqueur
- 4 bananas, cut in half lengthwise, then halved
- 1/4 cup dark rum
- 4 scoops vanilla ice cream

Directions:

* Combine the butter, sugar, and cinnamon in a flambé pan or skillet.
* Place the pan over low heat either on an alcohol burner or on top of the stove, and cook, stirring, until the sugar dissolves.
* Stir in the banana liqueur, then place the bananas in the pan.
* When the banana sections soften and begin to brown, carefully add the rum.
* Continue to cook the sauce until the rum is hot, then tip the pan slightly to ignite the rum.
* When the flames subside, lift the bananas out of the pan and place four pieces over each portion of ice cream.
* Generously spoon warm sauce over the top of the ice cream and serve immediately.

Serves Four

-- Edited by JackieO527 at 16:32, 2005-01-11

Karina · Chanel

i made bananas foster in the crockpot once for my FH if you are interested in the recipe.....

lsubatgirl · Gucci

I got this recipe off of a Weight Watchers website since I'm trying to stay on my diet and it comes up to only 3 points which is really good. I'm going to point out that other recipe and see how bad it is for my diet though since it is a little more like the bananas foster I know. Maybe I can cut it in half since its just 2 of us and it wouldn't break the diet.

Ally S · Kate Spade

Cloves are a spice and in their whole form look like a thorn, you may have seen them on hams or oranges around the holidays, evidently this is supposed to be decorative.

Anyway, cloves are very aromatic and can be purchased in the ground form at any supermarket, I have even seen them in the spice sections of various $ stores although I can't vouch for the quality of it. McCormick brand is what I just bought over the holidays, ground cloves is used in pumpkin pies.

Cooking Brandy can be found in a grocery store too, generally in the same aisle with salad dressings and sauces. It is a weaker strength then regular brandy and please don't drink it, it's nasty!

You can always substitute regular brandy as the alcohol will bake off, just don't use anything flavored.

lsubatgirl · Gucci

I guess my question is what is brandy? Like if I go in the liquor section will I find a bottle that says brandy on it?

Cricket · Gucci

Rice wine vinegar will be in the Asian foods section at the supermarket. I would not use regular white or cider vinegar. It is sold seasoned or unseasoned. Seasoned rice wine vinegar is used to mix w/ rice for sushi. You'll probably want unseasoned, unless you're making sushi.

As to the brandy, any liquor store will carry it in different flavors (peach, apricot), etc. Your best bet would probably be to get cooking brandy or regular brandy from the liquor store.

-- Edited by Cricket at 17:03, 2005-01-11

lsubatgirl · Gucci

quote:
Originally posted by: Cricket
"Rice wine vinegar will be in the Asian foods section at the supermarket. I would not use regular white or cider vinegar. It is sold seasoned or unseasoned. Seasoned rice wine vinegar is used to mix w/ rice for sushi. You'll probably want unseasoned, unless you're making sushi."

Its a garlic- ginger chicken recipe so seasoned won't matter here I think. Recipe doesn't specify.

Cricket · Gucci

Seasoned rice wine vinegar has sugar and salt in it, so it could change the flavor of your chicken. I'd go for regular. I buy it a lot for sushi and I buy Orchid brand in a clear bottle with a yellow and white label.

lsubatgirl · Gucci

Thanks Cricket for the info. I usually manage to find the most complicated recipes. I picked this one because I had everything else including the freshly peeled and minced ginger root. I mean c'mon it should be easy.

dot · Marc Jacobs

lsu - you can use dark rum instead of brandy. that's what i usually use for bananas foster. i don't really think you need cloves anyway.. i think that would be over-powering.