Bananas Foster

• 8 tablespoons butter, cut into cubes
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 4 ripe bananas, peeled and cut lengthwise into halves
• 1 cup banana liqueur
• 1 cup Myers Rum
• 1 pint vanilla bean ice cream
• 8 (about 1-inch thick) slices of yellow pound cake
• Powdered sugar in a shaker
• 4 sprigs of fresh mint

1. In a large saute pan, melt the butter.
2. Stir in the brown sugar and cinnamon.
3. Add the bananas and baste them with the syrup for 2 minutes.
4. Pull the saute pan off the burner.
5. Carefully add the banana liqueur and rum.
6. Place the pan back on the stove and shake the pan a couple of times.
7. The pan should flame, if not, ignite the pan with a match.
8. Shake the pan back and forth until the flame dies, basting the bananas continuously.
9. To assemble, place two scoops of ice cream, between two slices of pound cake, forming a sandwich.
10. Place the sandwich in the center of a shallow bowl.
11. Spoon two banana halves on top of the sandwich.
12. Spoon the sauce over the top.
13. Garnish with powdered sugar and fresh mint

butter, brown sugar, ground cinnamon, bananas, banana liqueur, myers, vanilla bean ice cream, yellow pound cake, powdered sugar, mint

Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/bananas-foster-recipe0.html (may not work)