Two bananas going black on the counter. What to do with them? There's butter and there's rum. So, frying them in butter & rum is a delicious possibility. But I believe fried bananas are better as a topping than as the main component of a dessert. Needs a base. So, something bready? French toast is always a good option, but there's no bread in the house. Frozen waffles work, but are unexciting, and besides, I've forgotten that I just bought some. There are bagels on the counter though. Cinnamon-raisin bagels, in fact. That sounds like a good flavor combo. But a chewy\/crunchy toasted bagel with goopy\/syrupy fried bananas on top doesn't sound like a good texture combo. There's a single egg. There's milk. Even a bit of leftover cream. Bread pudding!<\/p>\n
One cinnamon-raisin bagel.
\nTwo very ripe bananas.
\nAn egg.
\nA cup of milk.
\nA splash of cream.
\nA splash of rum.
\nA dust of cinnamon.
\nButter!<\/p>\n
Mix egg, milk, cream, cinnamon. Cut the bagel into 1\/2\" cubes. Split the bagel cubes into two small ramekins, the insides of which you've already buttered. Pour half of the egg\/milk mixture into each. Mix around. If it looks like there's not going to be enough liquid to get all the cubes at least damp, add more milk or cream. Then let that sit. A half hour should do the trick - but even if it's just while the oven preheats, you'll be OK. Give them a little stir if some cubes aren't getting enough liquid.<\/p>\n
Preheat an oven to 350.<\/p>\n
Get two oven-safe bowls, each slightly larger than the ramekins. Put a ramekin inside each bowl, with enough water in the bowl to come nearly to the top of the ramekins. We're double-boilin, bitches. Bowls go into the oven for 30 minutes.<\/p>\n
With 10 minutes left...<\/p>\n
Peel and cut up the bananas so they'll fit your non-stick pan. Melt a couple tablespoons of butter in your frying pan, over medium heat. Add the bananas, gently fry until all pieces have some nice golden brown. Heat off, add the rum (carefully! rum may be flammable!). Let that sizzle for a minute or so, to boil off the alcohol. Add more butter if you want more sauce. <\/p>\n
Pop the bagel puddings out onto plates, pour bananas over top.<\/p>\n
Tada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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