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Drunken Monkey Love

Amore di Scimmia Ubriaca aka "Drunken Monkey Love"
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Italian

Equipment

  • Cast Iron Skillet

Ingredients
  

  • 3 whole Bananas
  • 1 1/2 Tbsp Butter
  • 1/4 cup Brown Sugar
  • 1/4 cup Peanuts - roasted, salted
  • 1/4 cup Bourbon Whiskey
  • 1 pint Ice Cream - vanilla

Instructions
 

  • Let the oven temperature drop to approx. 500 degF.
    Slice the bananas into a large cast iron skillet.
    sliced banana-shelled peanuts
  • Chop the butter into little cubes and distribute it over the bananas.
  • Add brown sugar, peanuts, and 1/8 cup of bourbon whiskey. Cook for five minutes or so (depending on wood oven temperature) until sugar carmelizes and bananas are warm, but not mushy, stirring halfway through.
  • Add the last 1/8 cup of bourbon whiskey to the pan right before serving. Spoon the combined topping over a bowl of vanilla ice cream.

Notes

Photo by Kate Famiglietti.