Ingredients

4 tablespoons butter

1/2 cup brown sugar

4 medium ripe but firm bananas

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 cup banana liqueur

1/2 cup light rum

4 scoops vanilla ice cream

Preparation

In a chaffing dish or electric fry pan, melt butter, add brown sugar and stir until mixture is smooth. Add the bananas and tilting the pan, baste them with the syrup for 3 to 4 minutes. Sprinkle lemon juice and dust with cinnamon.

Add banana liquer and rum. Carefully ignite with a match and slide pan back and forth over heat until flames die.

Place two banana halves in a serving dish. Place a scoop of ice cream on them and spoon some of the sauce over the top. Serve at once