Banana Splitsville (Alton Brown) Recipe

Posted by
Rate It!
Banana Splitsville (Alton Brown)
Add your photo!
Ingredients
18
Count
Nutrition
597
Calories
Total time
80
Minutes
Comments Print recipe

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • ice cream of your choice
  • clean soup spoon
  • candy thermometer (technically optional, but we suggest you use 1 until you get the hang of things)
  • 2 sheet pans or other heatproof surface
  • aluminum foil
  • cooling rack
  • butane torch (available at most hardware stores -- darned handy)
  • safety goggles (see above)
  • plastic squirt bottle (available at most grocery stores)

Directions:

  1. Combine the sugar, water, and corn syrup in a small, heavy saucepan and place over high heat. As soon as the sugar has dissolved, heat your thermometer under warm tap water (to prevent thermal shock) and attach to side of pan, making sure that the bulb is completely submerged. Do not stir the mixture or agitate the pan at this stage.
  2. When the mixture reaches 230 degrees, reduce the heat to medium and allow the sugar to color gradually. As the temperature approaches 300 degrees the color will start to turn to amber. At this point, it's safe to swirl the pan gently to help distribute the heat evenly. As the caramel heads towards 340 degrees, it will reach a deep amber color.
  3. Remove the pan from the heat and slowly stir with a metal spoon, allowing it to cool until the caramel falls from the spoon in a solid stream, like a string. When it does, it's doodad time.
  4. Form doodads by holding the spoon 12 to 16 inches over the caramel and drizzling the patterns on the parchment. (Hint: allow the spoon to unload into the pan for a few seconds before attempting doodad. This will allow a narrower stream.) Quick back and forth motions or side to side movements are best. It's all in the wrist. Allow doodads to cool for 15 minutes then peel the paper off (not the other way around). Stack in an airtight container with wax paper between each piece.
  5. After making 15 to 20 doodads, you should have sufficient caramel remaining to move on to the sauce phase. So, return the remaining caramel to medium high heat and continue cooking until you see the first sign of smoke. Immediately remove from the heat, and add the cream, all at once, at arms length. (It will boil furiously.) Once the mixture calms down, return to medium heat and boil 3 more minutes, stirring occasionally. Cool to room temperature, move to squirt bottle and refrigerate for up to a week.
  6. To make the bananas brulee, quarter the bananas (peel on) and rub into sugar to coat thoroughly. Remove peel and place on cooling rack over several layers of foil. (Don't try this on your dining room table.) Don your safety goggles and fire up your torch. Hold the torch so that the very tip of the flame barely touches the banana, and move quickly back and forth until the sugar melts, turns brown, and bubbles. As soon as it looks like caramel, move on. You know you've got it down when a solid, glasslike sheet of gold (no graininess) has formed on the banana.
  7. To do the split (so to speak), squirt a pattern of caramel sauce on a chilled plate, top with 4 banana pieces (Lincoln log style), top with the ice cream of your choice (we like our peachy vanilla from Churn Baby Churn), and finally, a doodad.
Kitchen-Friendly View

Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 596.82 Kcal (2499 kJ)
Calories from fat 219.3 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 24.37g 37%
Cholesterol 85.95mg 29%
Sodium 60.61mg 3%
Potassium 468.7mg 10%
Total Carbs 97.51g 33%
Sugars 78.7g 315%
Dietary Fiber 3.54g 14%
Protein 2.63g 5%
Vitamin C 11.2mg 19%
Calcium 57.1mg 6%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 163.33 Kcal (684 kJ)
Calories from fat 60.01 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 6.67g 37%
Cholesterol 23.52mg 29%
Sodium 16.59mg 3%
Potassium 128.26mg 10%
Total Carbs 26.68g 33%
Sugars 21.54g 315%
Dietary Fiber 0.97g 14%
Protein 0.72g 5%
Vitamin C 3.1mg 19%
Calcium 15.6mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
Search recipes
by ingredients
Search
Construct & Analyze
Your Recipe
Analyze

Try this similar recipes

View More

Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 13.3
    Points
  • 17
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • very low sodium

Bad Points

  • High in Sugar

Also Try

Share Recipe

Recipes▼
Search
Get Your Recipe of Health!
Follow RecipeOfHealth on Facebook!
Scroll to top