Bananas Foster Pain Perdu

Title:
Bananas Foster Pain Perdu

Yield:
6 Servings

Categories:
Morning,
America




Ingredients:





   1/4 lb Butter; plus 2 tablespoons


     1 c  Pecan pieces


     2 c  Maple syrup


   1/4 c  Rum


     3    Eggs


   3/4 c  Milk


     1 tb Grated orange zest


   1/4 c  Fresh orange juice


     2 tb Sugar


   1/4 ts Cinnamon


   1/4 ts Vanilla extract


     8 sl French bread; about 1 inch


          -thick


     2    Bananas; peeled and sliced


          -1/4 inch thick


          Powdered sugar for dusting






 1. In a saute pan, melt 2 tablespoons of the butter.


 


 2. Add the pecans and saute for 4-5 minutes, stirring constantly.


 


 3. Stir in the maple syrup and bring the liquid up to a simmer.


 


 4. Remove the pan from the stove and add the rum. Carefully place the pan


 back on the stove and flame the sauce. Remove the sauce from the heat and


 set aside.


 


 5. In a mixing bowl, whisk the eggs, milk, orange zest, orange juice,


 sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla, to dissolve the sugar. In a nonstick saut?


 pan, heat 2 tablespoons of butter. Dip 2 slices of the bread into the


 egg-milk mixture, coating evenly. Fry in the butter until golden brown, 2-3


 minutes on each side. Repeat until all the butter and bread is used.


 


 6. Lay the pain perdu on a platter. Add the bananas to the pecan mixture


 and warm slightly. Spoon the warm sauce over the pain perdu. Dust the


 entire plate with powdered sugar.


 


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 MC formatted using MC Buster 2.0d & SNT on 4/19/98


 


 Recipe by: Emeril Lagasse


 


 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by Barb at PK  
on Apr 19, 1998