Caramel Bananas

Submitted by diner524

"Another recipe I found on-line while looking for South Africa recipes to post for ZWT."

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 4-8

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup white sugar
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons evaporated milk
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 ounces white rum
• 4 bananas, sliced

directions

1. In a small skillet, heat 1/2 cup WHITE SUGAR
2. 1 cup LIGHT BROWN SUGAR
3. 3 Tbs. EVAPORATED MILK
4. 2 Tbs. BUTTER.
5. Cook until sugar caramelizes (i.e., melts and starts to turn brown).
6. Stir in 2 oz. WHITE RUM and cool.
7. Arrange 1/2 BANANA per person in compote dish.
8. Spoon 3 to 4 Tbs. CARAMEL SAUCE over bananas.
9. Sprinkle 1 to 2 teaspoons CHOPPED PEANUTS over caramel sauce.

Reviews

[appleydapply]

This was wonderful! We served it with a scoop of ice cream - arranged like a banana split. The chopped peanuts were a good crunchy, slightly salty topping. Since I am new to making caramel, it would have been helpful to have more direction on what heat to cook this on and for how long.

 

[sassafrasnanc]

Yep, I agree with everyone else! this was a TRUE winner. Thank you so much! I added some cinnamon, cardamom and nutmeg to the mix and we absolutely LOVED it. I also used coconut rum. ZWT4 with the Babes in Africa.

 

[Sassy in da South]

Holy Moly Batman! This is good stuff! I really pigged out on this last nite. My better half thought it would be a good topping for ice cream and it was. We'll be making this one again for company. Made for ZWT4.

 

[Queenofcamping]

Made for ZWT4...This was wonderful. I made this at the same time as another similar recipe and we could not decide which we liked better...they were both amazing. I did not have any evaporated milk so I made my own.

 

[Rinshinomori]

For this ZWT 4 challenge of replacing sugar with other substitutes, I used Crema Catalana de Montserrat that we brought home from our trip to Spain in place of sugar. I made this recipe for 2 servings which came out to 2 bananas and sweeten further and to add color, I also added dried blueberries and cranberries. The amount of crema was about 2/3 of sugar only and it was plenty sweet enough. This is very simple and tasty dessert.