Ingredients
4 ripe bananas, sliced lengthwise with peel still attached
10 large strawberries, thinly sliced (optional)
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon brown sugar, for bananas
1 to 1 1/2 cups mini vanilla wafers
1 pint vanilla ice cream or gelato (for larger portions, go with more ice cream)
Rum Sauce
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 tablespoon butter
1/4 cup rum
Directions
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Split the bananas lengthwise with the peels on. Sprinkle exposed banana with cinnamon and brown sugar.
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Grill on direct heat until char marks form on both sides. While grilling the bananas, put the butter, remaining brown sugar and rum in a grill-friendly pot or small aluminum pan.
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Put the pot on indirect heat (not above the coals) and let the butter, rum and sugar mixture come to a slow boil and begin to caramelize (this will only take a few minutes). You can also make the rum mixture on the stove.
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Remove the bananas and rum sauce from the grill. Remove the bananas from their peel and slice. In a wine or martini glass, layer ice cream, vanilla wafers, banana and strawberries until filled to a little under the top of the glass.
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Pour rum sauce over top. The bananas combined with the vanilla wafers, strawberries and rum sauce make for a perfect, crunchy bite.
Serves 4
Recipe courtesy of Grill Grrrl
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