Alton Brown's Banana Foster

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup dark brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
• 1 tablespoon banana liqueur
• 2 under ripe bananas, sliced in half lengthwise
• 1/4 cup dark rum

Directions

1. 1

   Melt butter in a 10-inch heavy skillet over low heat.

2. 2

   Add brown sugar, allspice and nutmeg and stir until sugar dissolves.

3. 3

   Add banana liqueur and bring sauce to simmer.

4. 4

   Add bananas and cook for 1 minute on each side, carefully spooning sauce over bananas as they are cooking.

5. 5

   Remove bananas from pan to a serving dish.

6. 6

   Bring sauce to a simmer and carefully add the rum.

7. 7

   If the sauce is very hot, the alcohol will flame on its own.

8. 8

   If not, using stick flame, carefully ignite and continue cooking until flame dies out, approximately 1 to 2 minutes.

9. 9

   If sauce is too thin, cook for 1 to 2 minutes until it is syrupy in consistency.

10. 10

    Immediately spoon the sauce over bananas and serve.

11. 11

    Serve with waffles, crepes, or ice cream.