Bananas Foster, that classic New Orleans dessert combining bananas, brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, and rum, has been delighting palates since the 1950s. Bananas Foster bread pudding is a creative and delicious twist on this beloved dish. This article will provide you with several delectable recipes for bananas foster bread pudding, each offering a unique take on this Southern comfort food. From classic to modern interpretations, these recipes are sure to satisfy your sweet tooth and transport you to the vibrant streets of New Orleans.
Here are our top 7 tried and tested recipes!
BANANAS FOSTER BREAD PUDDING
Here is a nod both to the original bananas Foster at Brennan's restaurant in the French Quarter of New Orleans and to the luxe version of bananas baba au rhum that the Louisiana chef Allison Vines-Rushing once cooked at Jack's Luxury Oyster Bar in the East Village. Silky and rich, deep with the flavors of bananas, rum and custard, it is not much work to make, and pays off in incredible flavor. Do not be afraid to use an even darker sugar than the brown called for in the recipe, though molasses may be a step too far. You are looking for a deep caramel hue and flavor in the sauce, to complement the rum and the fruit. (And if you're looking to try the original, make our bananas foster recipe.)
Provided by Sam Sifton
Time 1h15m
Yield 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350. In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, ¼ cup of brown sugar, vanilla, 1 tablespoon rum and 1 teaspoon salt. Add the bread, and stir so that it absorbs the liquid. Set aside to soak.
- Butter a 2-quart baking dish, and place it on a baking sheet. Line the bottom of the dish with banana coins, then spoon about ½ of the soaked bread over them. Top with banana coins, and spoon the remaining soaked bread over the top. Bake for 40 minutes, then sprinkle with the tablespoon of white sugar. Continue baking until the pudding is puffed and golden on top, approximately 50 to 60 minutes total.
- Meanwhile, make the sauce. Melt the butter in a small sauce set over medium heat. Add the remaining brown sugar, cream, remaining rum and salt, and whisk until combined. Simmer, whisking, until the sauce has thickened, approximately 5 to 8 minutes. Remove from heat and keep warm.
- Serve the pudding warm, with some of the sauce drizzled over the top, alongside vanilla ice cream.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 404, UnsaturatedFat 6 grams, Carbohydrate 49 grams, Fat 16 grams, Fiber 3 grams, Protein 9 grams, SaturatedFat 9 grams, Sodium 551 milligrams, Sugar 29 grams, TransFat 0 grams
BANANAS FOSTER BREAD PUDDING
Two classic desserts come together in the ultimate mashup: a gooey, creamy bread pudding with bananas, rum and pecans. Typically, bananas foster gets torched at the end, but this version tastes much better with extra syrup drizzled on top.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories dessert
Time 2h30m
Yield 8 to 10 servings
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- For the bread and syrup: Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
- Toast the bread cubes on a baking sheet until they start to dry and harden, about 20 minutes. Set aside.
- Raise the oven temperature to 325 degrees F. Grease a 9-by-13-inch baking dish with butter.
- Meanwhile, to make the syrup, add the butter, brown sugar, heavy cream, rum, vanilla and cinnamon to a small saucepan over medium-high heat and cook, stirring frequently, until the butter is melted, 1 to 2 minutes. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low and simmer until the mixture is thickened, 3 to 4 minutes. Set aside to cool slightly, about 10 minutes.
- For the custard: Whisk together the heavy cream, milk, brown sugar, granulated sugar, rum, vanilla, salt, cinnamon, whole eggs and yolks in a large bowl. Add the bread, pecans and half of the syrup and stir until completely coated (reserve the other half of the syrup for later). Cover and let soak for about 30 minutes, pushing the bread down occasionally so that all the cubes are soaked.
- Thinly slice 4 of the bananas and fold into the bread mixture. Pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish. Bake until the custard is set and the top is golden brown, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes in the pan.
- Thinly slice the remaining banana and scatter on top of the bread. Drizzle with the reserved syrup. Serve warm, at room temperature or cold with ice cream, if desired.
BANANAS FOSTER BREAD PUDDING
Steps:
- Gather the ingredients.
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Place pecans on a cookie sheet and lightly toast in oven until you can smell them (about 4 to 6 minutes).
- Set aside to cool, then roughly chop. Turn off oven.
- Lightly butter a deep 9 x 12 baking dish (or equivalent) and add the bread cubes in an even layer.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, sugar, mashed bananas, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
- Pour the mixture over the bread cubes. Using a rubber spatula, gently fold in the pecans and dried apricot pieces.
- Cover the dish with aluminum foil. Place the dish in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to an hour to allow the liquid to soak into the bread.
- Preheat oven to 325 F.
- Place bread pudding on a middle rack. Leave the aluminum foil to. Bake for 45 minutes.
- Remove the foil and bake for another 20 to 30 minutes until firm and a knife inserted comes out clean.
- Gather the ingredients.
- While the bread pudding is baking, heat up the butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
- When the butter begins to melt add the brown sugar, cinnamon, and quartered bananas. Saute gently, moving the bananas around, for about one minute.
- Remove the skillet from heat and add the rum and liqueur. Return the skillet to medium heat.
- When the liquid begins to bubble, tilt the pan and using caution light the sauce with a long match. When the flames go away, remove the skillet from heat. (If you can't get the sauce to light, just cook for 3 to 4 minutes to allow the alcohol to burn off.)
- The rum sauce should be served warm. If it cools down too much, reheat in a saucepan over low heat or in a microwave.
- Gather the ingredients.
- Whip the cream until it just begins to thicken.
- Add the vanilla and sprinkle the sugar over the cream.
- Continue to whip until soft peaks form. Use immediately or refrigerate.
- Cut into squares or scoop out the bread pudding and place serving on a plate or bowl.
- Add two pieces of cooked bananas and drizzle the rum sauce over the top.
- Add whipped cream.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 399 kcal, Carbohydrate 58 g, Cholesterol 108 mg, Fiber 3 g, Protein 7 g, SaturatedFat 6 g, Sodium 97 mg, Fat 14 g, ServingSize 8 to 10 servings, UnsaturatedFat 7 g
DELIGHTFUL BANANAS FOSTER BREAD PUDDING
This was in a Southern Living Magazine - sounded divine! It is credited to Cafe Reconcile in New Orleans with flavors that "are destinctive in the original Brennan's Restaurant recipe for Bananas Foster." Anybody who has Brennan's Bananas Foster will tell you how WONDERFUL they are. I did not see a similar one on Zaar, so I am posting it - hope you enjoy!
Provided by Nursebarb
Categories Dessert
Time 1h20m
Yield 10-12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Stir together first 6 ingredients for pudding in large bowl.
- Heat milk and butter in large saucepan over medium-high heat until melted, stirring constantly (do not boil).
- Stir about one-fourth of hot milk mixture gradually into egg mixture, add to remaining hot milk mixture, stirring constantly.
- Place bread cubes in a highly greased 13 x 9 inch baking dish.
- Pour egg mixture evenly over bread; press bread to absorb mixture.
- Bake at 325 degrees for 45-55 minutes.
- Remove from oven, and let stand 30 minutes before serving.
- Serve with Bread Pudding Sauce:.
- Combine butter, brown sugar, and remaining ingredients in a saucepan over medium-high heat, and cook, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes (do not boil). Remove from heat.
BANANAS FOSTER PUDDING
Steps:
- For the pudding: Fold together pudding, cream and orange zest in a large bowl until combined.
- Pour a very thin layer of honey or corn syrup on a small plate. Make a pile of gold sanding sugar on another small plate. Hold a coupe glass upside down and gently tap the rim in the honey (a little goes a long way). Immediately roll the edge of the glass in the sanding sugar and place upright to dry. Repeat with 3 more coupe glasses.
- Dollop about 1/4 cup pudding mixture into the bottom of each glass. Top with a layer of crumbled cookies, then a layer of banana slices and another 1/4 cup pudding. Chill until ready to serve, up to 2 hours.
- For the bananas Foster: When you are ready to serve, melt the butter in a medium nonstick skillet. Add brown sugar and cook until sugar dissolves. Stir in bananas until coated well. Take off the heat and carefully add rum, then light with a lighter or match and let burn until the liquor burns off. Let bananas cool slightly, then add a spoonful of bananas to each of the glasses. Serve immediately.
BANANAS FOSTER BREAD PUDDING
Bread Pudding is a famous dessert in the French Quarter of New Orleans. This version is from dickiebrennanssteakhouse.com. I haven't made this before and it sure sounds like a lot of bread to fit into that size pan - but they're famous for it and I'm not - so hopefully this works well. :D
Provided by lazyme
Categories Breads
Time 3h45m
Yield 12-16 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Slice French bread and dry in a 200F oven for 20 minutes.
- Combine remaining pudding ingredients in a large container and blend well with a hand mixer.
- Thinly slice dried French bread and place in an 8 x 10 x 2-inch pan.
- Pour pudding into pan and mush all bread by hand so that the liquid is absorbed and the bread becomes very soggy.
- Be sure to flatten all of the lumps.
- Cover pan with foil and bake at 300 F for 2 ½ hours, or until a skewer inserted in the center of the pudding comes out dry.
- Remove foil and bake for an additional 20 minutes, or until golden brown.
- Set aside to cool.
- Foster Sauce:.
- Melt butter in a sauce pot.
- Add the brown sugar and cinnamon and mix well.
- Add the rum and ignite.
- Allow the flames to subside.
- Then, stir in the banana liqueur.
- Add fresh bananas and simmer over medium heat for about 2 minutes or until the sauce coats the spoon.
- To Serve: Cut bread pudding into 3 ½ x 3 ½-inch squares.
- Top warm bread pudding with Foster sauce and garnish with mint leaves.
BANANAS FOSTER PUDDING
Bread, bananas, banana liqueur, cream and pecans are the featured ingredients in this slowly baked bread pudding spiced with cinnamon.
Provided by sal
Categories Desserts Fruit Dessert Recipes Banana Dessert Recipes
Time 2h
Yield 16
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
- In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Beat in eggs. Blend in bread, cream, milk, banana liqueur, cinnamon and vanilla. Fold in nuts and banana slices. Pour into a 9x13 inch baking dish.
- Bake in preheated oven 90 minutes, until set.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 475.9 calories, Carbohydrate 54.9 g, Cholesterol 92.7 mg, Fat 24.2 g, Fiber 2.6 g, Protein 5.9 g, SaturatedFat 11.7 g, Sodium 275.2 mg, Sugar 34.5 g
Tips and Conclusion
To begin, you'll need some stale banana bread. If you don't have any on hand, you can easily make your own by baking a loaf and letting it sit out for a day or two. Once you have your banana bread, cut it into 1-inch cubes.
Next, you'll need to make the custard base. In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, heavy cream, sugar, vanilla extract, and cinnamon. Pour the custard base over the banana bread cubes and stir to combine.
Pour the mixture into a greased 9x13 inch baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 45-50 minutes, or until the custard is set and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
While the bread pudding is baking, you can make the bananas foster sauce. In a saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the brown sugar, bananas, lemon juice, and cinnamon. Cook, stirring constantly, for 5-7 minutes, or until the bananas are softened and the sauce has thickened.
Once the bread pudding is done baking, pour the bananas foster sauce over the top. Serve warm or cold.
Here are a few tips for making the best banana bread pudding:
- Use ripe bananas. The riper the bananas, the sweeter and more flavorful the bread pudding will be.
- Use stale banana bread. Stale banana bread will absorb the custard better than fresh banana bread.
- Don't overmix the custard base. Overmixing will make the bread pudding tough.
- Bake the bread pudding until the custard is set. A toothpick inserted into the center should come out clean.
- Serve the bread pudding warm or cold. It's delicious either way.
Banana bread pudding is a delicious and easy-to-make dessert that is perfect for any occasion. It's a great way to use up leftover banana bread, and it's sure to be a hit with your family and friends.
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