Blondie's Mom's Manhattan Bananas And Tart Cherries

• 1 cup (5 ounces) frozen cherries, cherries and juice thawed
• 2 large bananas 8 ounces each), peeled (make sure you use firm bananas instead of mushy ones)
• 1/2 cup salted cashew halves
• 1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 4 tbsp (1/2 stick) butter
• 1/8 tsp ground anise
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup bourbon
• 1 tbsp sweet vermouth
• 1 tbsp dry vermouth
• 1/2 tsp bitters
• 1/4 tsp ground cassia (I use regular cinnamon as a substitute)
• 1 pints good quality vanilla ice cream

1. Remove about 1/4 cup of the thawed cherry juice to use later.
2. Set thawed cherries aside in another bowl.
3. Cut bananas in half lengthwise, then cut each half in half crosswise.
4. This will give you 8 pieces.
5. Toast cashew halves, then set aside to cool.
6. Place a large saute pan over medium high heat.
7. Add, butter, brown sugar, cassia (or cinnamon), anise and salt and bring to a simmer.
8. Add reserved cherry juice and bring to a full boil.
9. Add bananas.
10. Add bourbon.
11. Add both the vermouths and the bitters and cook bananas for about 2 minutes, carefully turning them over once.
12. Remove bananas and divide among 4 bowls.
13. Reduce the sauce to 1/2 to 3/4 cup and add the reserved cherries.
14. Add two scoops of the ice cream to each bowl between the bananas.
15. Divide the sauce with the cherries and spoon over the ice cream.
16. Sprinkle cashews over and serve immediately.
17. *If your cherries don't yield enough juice, you can put additional cherries in a juicer or press them through a sieve.
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frozen cherries, bananas, cashew halves, brown sugar, butter, ground anise, salt, bourbon, sweet vermouth, bitters, ground cassia, vanilla ice cream

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/354388-blondies-moms-manhattan-bananas-and-tart-cherries (may not work)