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Tequila-flambéed Bananas with Coconut Ice Cream

4 servings Source yield

Ingredients

  • 4 tbsp butter
  • ¼ cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • ¼ cup orange juice
  • ½ tsp grated lime rind
  • 1 tbsp fresh lime juice
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • 4 unpeeled bananas with green tips
  • 4 tbsp tequila
  • 2 pints coconut ice cream

Make it step by step

  1. Melt butter with next 5 ingredients in a medium skillet over medium-high heat, stirring until blended.
  2. Reduce heat to medium, cook 3 minutes or until sugar is dissolved.
  3. Peel bananas and cut in half lengthwise.
  4. Add bananas and cook 1 minutes.
  5. Remove skillet from heat; stir in tequila and carefully ignite the fumes just above the mixture with a long match.
  6. Let flames die down.
  7. Return skillet to heat, and cook 3 – 4 minutes until bananas are soft and liquid is carmelized, spooning sauce over bananas.
  8. Serve immediately over coconut ice cream.

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