Bananas Foster Recipe – Sunset Magazine

Ingredients

• 1 4- to 4 1/2-in.-wide section of sturdy brioche bread*, crusts removed, bread cut into 1/3- to 1/2-in. dice (4 to 4 1/2 cups)
• 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 8 to 10 scoops vanilla ice cream (1 qt. ice cream is plenty for 8)
• Zest of 1 large lime (about 1 tbsp.), plus 1 lime to zest at table with a Microplane
• 1 cup unsalted butter, cubed
• 1 1/2 cups packed dark brown sugar
• 2 of kosher salt
• 6 to 8 medium firm-ripe bananas, cut into 1/2-in.-thick slices on the diagonal
• 1/4 cup dark rum (such as Matusalem Gran Reserva)
• 1/4 cup overproof/151 rum (such as El Dorado)
• 2 tablespoons amaretto
• Ground cinnamon in a shaker, for sprinkling into flame
• 1/4 cup lime juice
• 3/4 cup whipping cream