One of my favorite desserts and a classic from the finest kitchens in New Orleans is bananas foster. Sweet bananas cooked in brown sugar, butter and liqueur that become perfectly caramelized and totally scrumptious when served with homemade vanilla ice cream. I decided to put a tropical twist on the classic with fresh cubes of pineapple instead of bananas; cooked the same way in brown sugar, butter and in this case dark rum, I then add in some chopped macadamia nuts for crunch and top it with a creamy coconut sorbet. A quick and easy dessert, my Pineapple Foster with Coconut Sorbet is decadent and refreshing!
Cooking the fresh pineapple in the butter, brown sugar & rum, along with the macadamia nuts
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Pineapple Foster with Coconut Sorbet
Ingredients:
- 1 whole pineapple, skin removed, top removed as well as the core, cut into 1-inch cubes
- 4 Tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 Tablespoons brown sugar
- ¼ cup dark rum
- ½ cup macadamia nuts, chopped
- Coconut sorbet, for serving
Directions:
- In a large, straight-sided sauté pan melt the butter over medium heat. Add in the brown sugar and stir with a wooden spoon until the sugar melts into the butter. Add in the pineapple, increase the heat to medium high, and cook, stirring often until the pineapple is caramelized. (this will take about 5-7 minutes)
- Next, add in the run and macadamia nuts. Reduce the heat to medium and cook for an additional 3 minutes or until a sauce is formed.
- Serve in dessert dishes with a scoop of sorbet.
Tagged: bananas foster, brown sugar, butter, coconut sorbet, dessert, fresh pineapple, macadamia nuts, pineapple foster, rum
Very unique! The other day I picked up a Plaintain at the fruit stand and used that instead of bananas. I threw in some pecans in the brown sugar/butter sauce and a little rum.
Mike thought it was delicious with his low fat yogurt. I will try pineapple next time.
Wow! I’m loving the plantain idea as well–sounds incredible! I bet a bit of shredded coconut on both would also add something nice. 😀