Bananas Foster

Bananas Foster
Bananas Foster at Brennan's
Course	Dessert
Place of origin	United States
Region or state	New Orleans, Louisiana
Creator	Paul Blangé[1] Brennan's Restaurant 1951
Main ingredients	Bananas, vanilla ice cream, butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, dark rum, banana liqueur.
Cookbook:Bananas Foster  Bananas Foster

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. 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. Preparation of the dish is often made into a tableside performance as a flambé.

The dish was created in 1951 by Paul Blangé at Brennan's in New Orleans, Louisiana.^[2]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. It is still served at a number of restaurants in New Orleans and elsewhere. The recipe used by Brennan's today can be found at NewOrleansRestaurants.com

See also

• Cherries Jubilee
• Louisiana Creole cuisine
• Crepes Suzette

References

Wikibooks Cookbook has a recipe/module on Chocolate Bananas Foster

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