Ingredients:

2 ripe bananas, peeled and halved lengthwise and crosswise
4 Tbs. butter
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup dark rum
confectioners’ sugar for dusting
vanilla ice cream

Instructions:

1. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
2. Stir in sugar until smooth.
3. Add bananas and cook until caramelized.
4. Pour rum into a measuring cup and then pour it into skillet.
5. Stand back and carefully light rum with a long match or barbecue lighter.
6. When flame has died down and most of rum has cooked off, spoon out bananas and sauce into bowls of vanilla ice cream.