Bananas Brûlée
When you want dessert fast, brûléed bananas deliver. You get warm, caramelized fruit with a crackly sugar top in a few minutes.
They are great over ice cream, yogurt, pancakes, or even oatmeal.
What's even better is that it's all organic! Of course, you can absolutely use traditional white sugar on top of the banana; however, organic sugar is a little more coarse and will hold up better. When you cut the banana into diagonal thin slices, moisture will be released from it. I like to call it nature's glue!
Why You’ll Love It
- Five-minute dessert with pantry sugar.
- Crackly topping like mini crème brûlée.
- Flexible serving from breakfast to dessert.
- Budget friendly and zero waste for ripe bananas.
Make It Your Own
- Cinnamon sugar: add a pinch of cinnamon to the sugar.
- Maple finish: drizzle with maple syrup after brûlée.
- Torch or broiler: both methods work well.
David's Notes
- Let's Talk Storage: There's no real way to store these or make in advance to prep. It's best eaten/served immediately.
- Don't use soft or over ripened bananas: This will turn them into mush. You want them in the perfect yellow zone where the bananas have a firmness to them (Not under ripe/green bananas).
More Banana Dessert Recipes
- Pineapple Banana Cake
- Avocado Banana Smoothie
- Banana Chocolate Tarts
- Banana Chocolate Chip Pound Cake
Bananas Brûlée
Bananas topped a sugary brulee shell to add texture to an everyday fruit!
Ingredients
- 1 -2 Bananas sliced thin on an angle
- Small bowl of Organic sugar
- Kitchen blow torch
Instructions
- Coat the top of each banana slice with your organic sugar that's in the bowl and then place on a baking sheet.
- Turn your blow torch on, and brown each banana slice. It will take about 15 seconds before you start seeing the browning effect happen. Even thought he sugar is bubbling and it looks brown, take it just a little bit further. Looks are deceitful, and it won't be as brown as you'd like. If not, you can always take the torch back over each banana slice to add coloration.
Calories: 4kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 0.1g | Fat: 0.02g | Saturated Fat: 0.01g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.004g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.002g | Sodium: 0.05mg | Potassium: 18mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 3IU | Vitamin C: 0.4mg | Calcium: 0.2mg | Iron: 0.01mg
Super, super fun idea! Love this!
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Kevin wants to know why he has to use a “kitchen blow torch” for this. He wants to get the big daddy out! :
Kevin is 100% making these TODAYYYY!!!!