Bananas are wonderful, versatile fruits, not to mention that they're the most consumed fruit in the world and the fourth most consumed crop after rice, wheat and maize. This doesn't mean that all uses for bananas are good ones. For example, take Rachael Ray's Banana Hot Buttered Rum recipe. The drink uses some of the classic ingredients found in normal hot buttered rum - butter, rum, sugar - but instead of cream, it uses banana liqueur. This is an unusual twist and a hot banana drink not entirely unappealing - until you add banana slices to the drink. This just seems like a bad idea. Bananas are noted or adding a creamy texture to drinks, which is why they're so popular in smoothies and milkshakes, but they're not know for being attractive when exposed to air or heat. Who wants to see a brown banana piece in or on their drink?
I'll stick to smoothies, where the bananas are blended in, not left in chunks. If you want to try RR's recipe, however, read on:
Banana Hot Buttered Rum(from Every Day with Rachael Ray)
1/4 cup sugar
4 tsp butter, unsalted
4-oz/½ cup light or dark rum
4-oz./½ cup banana liquer
1 banana, thinly sliced
Divide the sugar, butter, rum and banana liqueur evenly between 4 mugs. Top each with boiling water, stir and garnish each drink with banana slices.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
12-12-2006 @ 1:35PM
dave said...
Reminded me of a recipe for a hot buttered Rachel Ray
750ml of cheap rum
1/2 cup of EVOO
1 Rachel Ray
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12-12-2006 @ 1:56PM
Alex said...
I'm not sure I understand ... did you try making the drink and the banana went brown? Bananas are often sauteed in butter and sugar and this is quite popular. Maybe something in the recipe prevents them from going brown?
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12-12-2006 @ 2:09PM
Cyn said...
Brown bananas are the result of oxidization- the same thing that happens to avocadoes, apples, etc.
Acid prevents this, such as lemon juice- I'm not sure if alcohol will/will not have the same effect.
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12-12-2006 @ 2:19PM
lishazz said...
comment #1 is sooo funny!lol!a hot banana in a drink sounds gross:(
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12-12-2006 @ 3:09PM
Alex said...
If you were to serve the banana on the rim of the glass, (the way you would a slice of orange or a wedge of lime), the banana would not get hot. And if you sliced the bananas immediately before serving they most likely would be eaten before oxidizing. However, I still think it sounds disgusting.
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12-12-2006 @ 3:16PM
Vince said...
I'm going to rim the glass with mashed banana! yum!
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12-12-2006 @ 4:19PM
sparkythewonderdog said...
Sounds like bananas foster, which is HOT and has rum and bananas. I agree with an earlier comment; did you try it?
I make baked bananas (topped with a crumble topping of oats, brown sugar, flour, butter, cinnamon and chocolate chips) for dessert and they're also hot and yummy.
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