Recipe: Flambeed Bananas with Amaretto (Banane all'Amaretto Infiammate)

FLAMBEED BANANAS WITH AMARETTO
(BANANE ALL'AMARETTO INFIAMMATE)

4 bananas
2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1 tablespoon packed brown sugar
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/3 cup Amaretto

Peel bananas; cut lengthwise in half.

Heat butter in 10-inch skillet over medium heat. Cook bananas in butter until brown; turn. Sprinkle sugars around bananas; cook until sugars are melted and bananas are brown. Carefully remove bananas to heatproof serving platter.

Beat whipping cream and cinnamon in chilled medium bowl until stiff. Spoon or pipe whipped cream around bananas.

Heat amaretto in skillet until hot. Carefully ignite and pour over bananas. Serve when flame dies out.

Source: Betty Crocker's Italian Cooking by Antonio Cecconi