Mauritian recipe: rum-flambeed pineapple and banana Posted on 3 October 2012 Tags:Mauritius Flambeed fruit in rum is the most ubiquitous dessert that you’ll find in Mauritius. It’s super sweet, deliciously rummy and incorporates the island’s amazing tropical fruit: a clear winner all-round. This is a simple recipe for Mauritian fruit flambe – you do get more elaborate recipes using spices. Once you’ve mastered the basic recipe, play around with adding spices such as cardamom, cinnamon and star anise to your sugar-butter mixture. Mauritian fruit flambe Serves two 30 g butter 5 tbsp brown sugar 100 g pineapple, chopped into chunks 1 banana, chopped 20 ml rum Coconut or vanilla ice cream, to serve Melt the butter slowly in a pan and add the sugar, letting it caramelise slowly while you continue to stir. Then sautee the fruit in the caramel for a couple of minutes (until the fruit is soft but not mushy) and then add the rum and flambee (carefully) by lighting the rum (please don’t do this if you’ve been drinking rum). Let the alcohol burn off and it’s ready to eat! Serve with a scoop of vanilla (or even better – coconut) ice cream. If you want to get fancy, you can use half a papaya for serving the fruit flambe. Photo by Russell Smith www.russellsmith.co.za Check out my other Mauritius food blogs: 25 of the best things to eat and drink in Mauritius A foodie exploration of Mauritius in photos Mauritian recipe: prawn rougaille Mauritian recipe: sweet potato cakes Mauritian recipe: Creole chicken curry Related Posts 3 Wine estates to visit in KwaZulu Natal 31 May 2023 The Cape may be the wine capital of South Africa, but you can still enjoy... read more 11 alcohol-free drinks for the sober curious 26 May 2023 Ocsober and Dry January are all good and well, but how about a permanent shift... read more Treat yourself to a one-of-a-kind fine dining experience in Franschhoek 20 March 2023 If you love a unique fine dining experience, you'll want to treat yourself to the... read more PREV ARTICLE NEXT ARTICLE
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