Grilling and Smoking
Bananas Foster Recipe (Grilled Cheese)
Prep
15 minutes
Cook
7 minutes
Yield
4 (2 sandwiches)
Holy moly we’ve just taken grilled cheese to a whole new level with this bananas foster recipe. It’s gooey with the caramel and cheese, filling with the bananas, and sweet with the sugar. I truly think this is going to be your new go-to when you have a sweet tooth.
Why you’ll love this bananas foster recipe:
- Unique: This is a unique spin to a typical bananas foster recipe by making it into a grilled cheese
- Easy: Prep this in 15-minutes and have it ready to eat in under 25 minutes
- Filling: The combo of cheeses with the bananas makes this dessert or sweet treat so filling
Ingredient Notes:
Mascarpone: Mascarpone is like a fancy, better, Italian cream cheese. It can be used in both sweet and savory dishes and provides a rich, creamy element to them that I love.
Brie: Any grilled cheese with brie (sweet or savory) is my jam. Brie is a soft cow’s-milk cheese named after Brie, the French region from which it originated.
No-Knead Bread: Make your own homemade bread for this recipe. I have a simple, no-knead recipe up on my blog that only takes 4-ingredients and an hour of your time.
How do you make this bananas foster recipe?
- In a large pan over medium-high heat, add the butter and brown sugar. Heat thoroughly and stir with a spoon for a couple of minutes. It will begin to bubble and start to look like a caramel sauce. Peel and slice the bananas in half, length-wise, and add them to the pan face-down. Cook the bananas on each side for a couple of minutes until golden brown and caramelized. Sprinkle with cinnamon at the very end.
- Remove from pan immediately, and pour extra sauce over top. Set aside and allow to cool.
- In a small bowl combine softened butter, sugars, and cinnamon. Whisk until combined. Set aside.
- To assemble, place cut pieces of brie cheese on top of two slices of bread, covering as much surface area as you can.
- Evenly distribute the caramelized bananas on top of the brie cheese layer. Spread the mascarpone cheese on top of the other two of the bread slices. Set face-down on top of the brie + banana layers. Spread a nice amount of the cinnamon-sugar butter on the top of each layered sandwich.
- Heat a large pan over medium-high heat. Add the assembled sandwiches, on the buttered side. Cover with a lid, and cook for 3 – 4 minutes until golden brown. Before flipping, spread the rest of the cinnamon-sugar butter on the other side. Flip, and allow to cook for another 2 – 4 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Serve immediately with whipping cream, powdered sugar, and freeze-dried strawberries.
Expert Tips & FAQ:
What type of bread should I use? If you don’t want to follow my homemade bread recipe linked below, you can buy store-bought bread. I would opt for sourdough, or brioche, but any sort of bread works for this.
How do I make this recipe vegan? Replace brie and mascarpone with your favorite plant-based cream cheese and soft cheese. Also use plant-based butter.
Serving: Get creative and serve with melted chocolate, fresh fruit, toasted nuts, or even vanilla ice cream. Even drizzle with maple syrup!
Fruit: I used freeze-dried strawberries but you can use any freeze-dried or fresh fruit in this recipe. Get creative!
What is bananas foster? The classic version of the recipe is a dessert made from bananas and vanilla ice cream with a sauce that is made from butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, dark rum, and banana liqueur. I put my own unique spin to this recipe variation.
Other sweet recipes you’ll love:
- Strawberry Crumble Bars
- 10-Minute Peanut Butter Almond Bars
- Vegan Cashew Chocolate Mousse Cake
- Chocolate Chunk Vegan Blondies
- Warm Apple Fritters
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Bananas Foster Recipe (Grilled Cheese)
Ingredients
- 3 bananas
- 3 tbsp butter
- 3 tbsp brown sugar
- cinnamon
- ¼ cup soft butter
- 2 tsp brown sugar
- 2 tsp granulated sugar
- 1/3 tsp cinnamon
- 4 slices no-knead bread
- 6 tbsp mascarpone
- 2/3 wedge brie
- coco whip or sweetened whipped cream
- freeze-dried strawberries
- icing sugar
Instructions
- In a large pan over medium-high heat, add the butter and brown sugar. Heat thoroughly and stir with a spoon for a couple of minutes. It will begin to bubble and start to look like a caramel sauce. Peel and slice the bananas in half, length-wise, and add them to the pan face-down. Cook the bananas on each side for a couple of minutes until golden brown and caramelized. Sprinkle with cinnamon at the very end.
- Remove from pan immediately, and pour extra sauce over top. Set aside and allow to cool.
- In a small bowl combine softened butter, sugars, and cinnamon. Whisk until combined. Set aside.
- To assemble, place cut pieces of brie cheese on top of two slices of bread, covering as much surface area as you can.
- Evenly distribute the caramelized bananas on top of the brie cheese layer. Spread the mascarpone cheese on top of the other two of the bread slices. Set face-down on top of the brie + banana layers. Spread a nice amount of the cinnamon-sugar butter on the top of each layered sandwich.
- Heat a large pan over medium-high heat. Add the assembled sandwiches, on the buttered side. Cover with a lid, and cook for 3 – 4 minutes until golden brown. Before flipping, spread the rest of the cinnamon-sugar butter on the other side. Flip, and allow to cook for another 2 – 4 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Serve immediately with whipping cream, powdered sugar, and freeze-dried strawberries.
