Yummy Bananas

Name: Yummy Bananas
Total time: 10 min
Yield: Four servings
Ingredients: 1/3 cup dark or light brown sugar; 2 tablespoons unsalted butter; 1 2-inch piece vanilla bean or 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 thin slices fresh ginger; 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice; 4 small, just-ripe bananas, 5 to 6 ounces each, peeled

By Barbara Kafka

Total Time: 10 minutes
Rating: 4(6)
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Ingredients

Yield:Four servings

⅓cup dark or light brown sugar
2tablespoons unsalted butter
12-inch piece vanilla bean or ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
2thin slices fresh ginger
2tablespoons fresh orange juice
4small, just-ripe bananas, 5 to 6 ounces each, peeled

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Preparation

Step 1
Place the sugar, butter, vanilla bean if using and ginger in a 10-inch pie plate or quiche dish. Cover tightly with microwave plastic wrap. Cook at 100 percent power in a 650- to 700-watt microwave oven for 2 minutes. Prick the plastic to release steam.
Step 2
Remove from the oven and uncover. Remove the vanilla bean and ginger and stir in the orange juice. If using vanilla extract, add it now. Arrange the bananas in the dish, pinwheel fashion, and spoon over the sauce. Cover tightly with microwave plastic wrap and cook for 3 minutes. Prick the plastic to release steam.
Step 3
Remove from the oven, uncover and serve warm over ice cream or with whipped cream.