Fried Bananas with Amaretto Fudge Sauce Recipe

Fried Bananas with Amaretto Fudge Sauce

Serves 8

This dish is so dreamy, youll want to enjoy it again and again. Leftover fudge sauce will keep, covered, for several days in the refrigerator, although it will harden. Re-heating will return thesauce to its original satiny texture.

Amaretto Fudge Sauce

1 cup unrefined dark brown molasses sugar (muscovado sugar)
¼ cup brown rice syrup
3 Tbs. Amaretto
2 Tbs. lemon juice
3 Tbs. unsweetened cocoa powder

Fried Bananas

8 medium-sized, firm, ripe bananas, peeled
3 Tbs. lemon juice
1 Tbs. nonhydrogenated, butter-flavored margarine

To make Amaretto Fudge Sauce: Combine molasses sugar, rice syrup, Amaretto and lemon juice in heavy-gauge saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, cooking 3 minutes, and stirring frequently. When sugar dissolves, whisk in cocoa powder and reduce heat to low, cooking 2 minutes. Remove from heat, and set aside. Sauce thickens as it cools.
To prepare Fried Bananas: Slice bananas in half lengthwise and widthwise. Sprinkle bananas with lemon juice to maintain color, and set aside.
Heat margarine in nonstick skillet 1 minute over medium-high heat, or until margarine melts. Place bananas in single layer in skillet, and cook 3 minutes on each side, or until golden brown. Remove bananas to individual serving plates. Drizzle with Amaretto Fudge Sauce, and serve immediately.