Banana flambe (AIP, paleo, vegan)

Banana flambe (also called "banana foster") is the easiest and cheapest yet delicious dessert you can do with an overripe banana. No need for expensive gluten-free flours for this yummy dessert.

For this recipe, if you are too scared to flambe your bananas, no worries, you absolutely don’t need to do that part. And, you can also have it without any alcohol, it will still be delicious. When we were kids, my mother would throw 4 bananas in a pan, cook them as described below, then remove those for my brother and I and then she would flambe the other 2. Now that I’m an adult I like it both ways.

I love this so much that sometimes I just let some bananas get overripe on purpose! 😃

Flambe definition

Flambe means that you add alcohol (in this recipe brown rum) in the pan once the banana is cooked and you burn the alcohol. This process needs to be done with extreme care as it is dangerous. I admit that I never do this when I'm alone.

Ingredients

• overripe banana
• oil of your choice. If you are not dairy free, you can use butter or ghee instead of oil.
• coconut sugar or maple syrup. Why do we add sugar to a banana that already contains natural sugar? Because it will make a delicious caramel.
• optional ingredient : brown rum

How to make this recipe

1. Heat the oil in a medium sized frying pan on medium high heat. Peel your banana and add it to your pan. Turn down the heat to low and cover your pan. Let the banana cook for about 10 minutes, turn it on the other side then add the sugar (or maple syrup). Let it cook for another 10 minutes or so or until the banana gets a nice golden color.
2. Optional: If you want you can now add the rum and you can either let it cook for a 2-3 more minutes or you can make it flambe.

How to flambe bananas

Turn off the heat under the pan. Add the rum to the pan and quickly light up the sauce with a match. Remove your hand quickly as the alcohol will fire up quickly. Let the alcohol burn itself, the fire will put itself out in a few seconds (watch the video to see the process).

Be careful with the flambe process. Be very cautious. Fire is dangerous. Don’t let a kid do this.

Once the flambe process is done, you can transfer the bananas along with the caramel sauce that has formed in the pan during the cooking process.

Wait for the bananas to cool down a little before eating them as they are extremely hot. But do eat them warm.

Other banana recipes

If you are looking for more recipes using overripe bananas you can check the following recipes:

• Coconut free Banana bread (AIP, paleo, vegan)
• Banana bread muffins (AIP, paleo, vegan)
• Banana blueberry muffins (Coconut free, AIP, paleo)
• Coconut Banana bread (AIP, paleo, vegan)