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An easy yet elegant breakfast dish featuring bananas, caramel, and rum on an oven-baked pancake.

Bananas Foster Dutch Baby

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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Yield 2 servings

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Ingredients 

For Dutch Baby

  • 2 large eggs
  • ½ cup whole milk
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 63 grams all-purpose flour (~½ cup)
  • 1 tablespoon cultured unsalted butter
  • 1 banana (sliced)

For Bananas Foster Sauce

  • 1 tablespoon cultured unsalted butter
  • 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 banana (sliced)
  • 2 tablespoons heavy cream
  • 1 tablespoon dark rum

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 C).
  • Whisk the 2 large eggs, ½ cup whole milk, ½ teaspoon vanilla extract and ¼ teaspoon salt together until evenly combined. Add the 63 grams all-purpose flour and quickly whisk until most of the lumps of flour are gone. Be careful not to over-mix the batter.
    The batter for the Dutch Baby.
  • Heat an 8-inch cast iron skillet until very hot. Add the 1 tablespoon cultured unsalted butter and 1 banana and coat the bananas with butter.
    Bananas in a pan of caramel.
  • Pour the batter over the bananas evenly and transfer the skillet to your preheated oven. Bake until golden brown and crisp, about 13-18 minutes
    Mixing the batter.
  • About 5 minutes before the Dutch Baby is done, add the remaining 1 tablespoon cultured unsalted butter to a pan along with the 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar and ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon and place over medium-high heat. Fry this mixture until the sugar melts.
    Making the caramel.
  • Add the 1 banana and flip them over a few times to coat. Add the 2 tablespoons heavy cream and stir to emulsify the mixture.
    Bananas bubbling in caramel.
  • With your range hood running, add the 1 tablespoon dark rum and then tip the pan towards the flame from your stove. Don't add more than 1 tablespoon of rum and be sure your hair, body parts, and clothing are nowhere near the pan when you do this. The sauce is done when the flames subside.
    Flames erupt from a rum-soaked pan of caramel and bananas.
  • Serve the Dutch Baby in the pan with the Bananas Foster sauce poured on top. Be sure to warn whomever is eating it that the pan (and its contents) are very hot.
    Bananas Foster Dutch Baby from above.

Nutrition

Calories 546kcalCarbohydrates 67gProtein 13gFat 24gSaturated Fat 14gPolyunsaturated Fat 2gMonounsaturated Fat 7gTrans Fat 0.5gCholesterol 240mgSodium 484mgPotassium 654mgFiber 4gSugar 30gVitamin A 1016IUVitamin C 10mgCalcium 142mgIron 3mg
Course Brunch, Dessert
Cuisine American, Best