Blind Banana Recipe

For an introduction to dessert from the grill it doesn’t get any easier than this.

Ingredients
- 4 bananas
- not too ripe
- 4 Tablespoons butter
- ½ Teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ Teaspoon allspice
- ¼ Teaspoon ground cloves
- 4 Tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 Tablespoons dark rum
- Juice of one lime
- Ice cream
- A few berries to make things look real purdy.

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Step One: Assemble your ingredients.

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Step Two: Melt the butter

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Step Three: Add the spices

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Step Four: Add the sugar

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Step Five: Don't forget the rum! We forgot to take a picture...Two tablespoons into the pot – the rest is for you. Stir and let thicken.  Be careful to keep the heat low and occasionally stir so that the sauce does not clump up on you.

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Step Six: While the sauce warms and thickens cut your bananas down the middle – leaving the skins on.

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Step Seven: Squeeze the lime on the bananas.

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Step Eight: Make sure your barbecue is warm.

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Step Nine: Shoo the dog out of the way…

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Step Ten: Generously brush about half of the sauce onto the bananas (of course you’ll be using your silicon basting brush which we’ve discussed here before).

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Step Eleven: Put your bananas skin side up directly over the heat for 2-3 minutes.

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Step Twelve: Wait…

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Step Thirteen: Flip the bananas and grill the other side for about 2-3 minutes.

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Step Fourteen: Put your ice cream and a few berries into a dish.

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Step Fifteen: Remove the bananas from the grill and brush with the remaining sauce.

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Step Sixteen: Slip the bananas out of their skins into the dishes with a knife.

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Step Seventeen: Enjoy!

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