- Bananas Foster
Infobox Prepared Food
name = Bananas Foster
caption = Bananas Foster
alternate_name =
country = United States
region =New Orleans, Louisiana
creator = Paul Blangé
Brennan's Restaurant 1951
course = Dessert
served =
main_ingredient =banana s
vanilla ice cream
butter
brown sugar
cinnamon
dark rum
banana liqueur.
variations =
calories =
other =Bananas Foster is a
dessert made frombanana s andvanilla ice cream , with the sauce made frombutter ,brown sugar ,cinnamon , darkrum , and bananaliqueur . The butter, sugar and bananas are cooked, and then the alcohol is added and ignited. The bananas and sauce are then served over the ice cream. Preparation of the dish is often made into a tableside performance as aflambé .The dish was created in
1951 by Paul Blangé atBrennan's Restaurant inNew Orleans, Louisiana . It was named for Richard Foster, a friend ofOwen Brennan 's and New Orleans Crime Commission chairman. It is still served at a number of fine restaurants in New Orleans and other fine restaurants around the world.In popular culture
The dessert and the popular tableside demonstration play a significant role in the plot of the Arrested Development episode, "Top Banana", and is the proximate cause of death in a
Dead Like Me episode, "Business Unfinished". In the movieThe Opposite of Sex Christina Ricci's character complains about not being able to get Bananas Foster for breakfast at an expensive restaurant.ee also
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Banana sauce
*Banana ketchup References
* [http://www.nolacuisine.com/2006/01/08/bananas-foster-recipe/ Bananas Foster Recipe at Nola Cuisine]
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