Dr Oz: Buddy Valastro ‘Cake Boss’ Bananas Foster Recipe

Dr Oz: Buddy Valastro ‘Cake Boss’ Bananas Foster

Looking for a slightly less indulgent way to enjoy dessert? You can guarantee Dr Oz wouldn’t let someone come on his show and share a recipe that would totally wreck your diet! Buddy Valastro, the “Cake Boss” had a recipe that was most certainly still indulgent, but better than many other options out there! His Bananas Foster does use a fruit as the main ingredient! We’ll just do as Dr Oz did and pretend we didn’t hear what other ingredients he used. Unless, that is, you do the smart thing and make it yourself at home. In that case, just go ahead and treat yourself!

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Dr Oz: Buddy Valastro ‘Cake Boss’ Bananas Foster Recipe Ingredients

• 2 tbsp butter
• 1/4 C dark brown sugar
• 1/4 C dark rum
• vanilla ice cream for serving
• 2 large under-ripe bananas (yellow with some green)
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 2 tbsp banana liqueur
• splash of heavy cream

 

 

Dr Oz: Buddy Valastro ‘Cake Boss’ Bananas Foster Recipe Directions

1. Peel the bananas
2. Slice the bananas at an angle into pieces 1-inch thick
3. Heat a large saute pan over medium-high heat
4. Melt the butter then when it starts to foam, lay in the pieces of banana, cut-side-down, and add the cinnamon
5. Let the bananas cook for about 30 seconds then add the brown sugar and carefully stir
6. Turn the bananas once until the sugar melts
7. Turn the bananas again and add the banana liqueur, shaking and swirling the pan to combine the sauce ingredients
8. Add the rum and ignite by tipping the pan toward the flame or by lighting contents with a match
9. Remove the pan from the burner and let the flames burn out completely
10. Put the pan back on the burner and turn up the heat
11. Let the sauce reduce and then spoon over the bananas
12. Add the heavy cream and cook for a minute so the sauce becomes syrupy and thick
13. Remove from the hat
14. Spoon the bananas and sauce over scoops of vanilla ice cream and serve right away