French Vanilla Ice Cream with Sauteed Bananas and Phyllo Triangles
- 4 sheets phyllo dough, 13 by 17
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted, plus 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 2 bananas, thickly sliced
- 2 bananas, sliced on an angle
- 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
- 2 shots spiced rum
- 1 pint French vanilla bean ice cream
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Spread a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Top with a layer of phyllo and brush the sheet with the melted butter.
- Mix sugar and cinnamon.
- Scatter a layer of sugar across the butter coated pastry.
- Repeat with 2 more layers of pastry, then top with a final sheet of dough then cut pastry into long triangles, working from side to side of the cookie sheet, using a sharp paring knife or pizza wheel.
- Cover the pastry with another sheet of parchment paper and another cookie sheet.
- Place pastry in the hot oven and bake 15 minutes or until golden.
- Remove pastry from oven to cool.
- Begin other recipes in your menu while pastry bakes.
- When you are ready to serve dessert, heat a medium nonstick skillet over medium high heat.
- Add 2 tablespoons butter.
- When butter melts, add bananas and saute 3 minutes.
- Sprinkle with brown sugar to coat bananas.
- When sugar melts around fruit, add rum and flame it.
- Pour rum from shot glass, not from the bottle, to prevent flame ups.
- When flame goes out and alcohol has evaporated, spoon warm bananas into cocktail glasses.
- Top with small scoops of French vanilla ice cream and garnish with phyllo triangles.
- Serve extra triangles on a pretty plate for sweet snacking.
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Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/french-vanilla-ice-cream-with-sauteed-bananas-and-phyllo-triangles-recipe.html (may not work)