Plantain Foster

Plantain Foster

Recipe by Nichi Hoskins from tasty.co

Desserts 35 Mins.

Ingredients

2

2 servings

  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • ½ cup dark brown sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 pinch nutmeg
  • 2 plantains, very ripe, sliced on bias in ½-inch (1.2 cm) slices
  • ¼ cup dark rum
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla
  • vanilla ice cream, to serve
  • dry roasted peanut, chopped, for garnish

Instructions

  • Add butter and brown sugar to a high sided skillet over medium heat. Stir constantly until the mixture turns into golden brown syrup and the sugar is completely dissolved, about 5 minutes.
  • Add cinnamon, nutmeg and plantains; cook until plantains are lightly browned and soft, about 3 to 4 minutes.
  • Add rum and use a long kitchen lighter to ignite the liqueur. Keep cooking until alcohol burns off and no flame remains, about 1 to 2 minutes.
  • Once the flame burns out, keep cooking, spooning sauce over plantains until syrupy and reduced, aout 2 minutes.
  • Serve over ice cream with crushed peanuts.
  • Enjoy!

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