Cooking Times

20 min
Prep Time
20 min
Cook Time
40 min
Total Time

Ingredients (9 items)

6.00 medium Ripe bananas
firm but ripe, peeled and halved lengthwise
1.00 cup Sugar
0.25 cup Water
4.00 tbsp Butter
unsalted
1.00 pod Vanilla bean
Comorian vanilla, split and scraped
0.50 cup Heavy cream
0.25 tsp Salt
fine sea salt
0.50 tsp Cinnamon
ground, for garnish
1.00 pint Vanilla ice cream
for serving

Instructions (13 steps)

1
Combine sugar and water in a large skillet.
2
Cook over medium heat until sugar dissolves.
3 minutes
3
Continue cooking until caramel turns amber.
8 minutes
4
Add butter and vanilla bean (pod and seeds).
5
Swirl pan until butter melts.
2 minutes
6
Add bananas cut side down.
7
Cook until bananas are caramelized.
3 minutes
8
Carefully flip bananas.
9
Add cream and salt.
10
Simmer until sauce thickens.
2 minutes
11
Remove vanilla pod.
12
Serve hot with ice cream if desired.
13
Sprinkle with ground cinnamon.