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Baked Bananas With Cream Cheese
(Banane Celeste)
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| What You Need: |
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An 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup light-brown sugar, sifted
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
4 tablespoons butter
6 large firm ripe bananas, peeled and cut in half lengthwise
¼ cup heavy cream
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| How To Cook: |
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1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. In a deep bowl, cream the cheese, sugar and ½ teaspoon of the cinnamon together, mashing and beating them against the sides of the bowl with a large spoon until light and fluffy. Set aside.
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2. In a heavy 10- to 12-inch skillet, melt the butter over moderate heat. When the foam begins to subside, add 4 or 5 of the banana halves and brown them lightly on sides, turning them over gently with a spatula and regulating the heat so that they color evenly without burning. As they brown, transfer the bananas to a plate and set them aside while you brown the remaining halves.
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3. Lay 6 of the banana halves side by side cut side down in a shallow baking-and-serving dish large enough to hold them easily, and spread about half the cream-cheese mixture over them. Arrange the remaining bananas on top and spread them with the rest of the cream cheese.
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4. Pour in the cream and bake in the middle of the oven until the bananas are tender but still intact and the cream-cheese sauce is golden brown and bubbly. Sprinkle the top with the remaining ¼ teaspoon of cinnamon and serve at once, directly from the baking dish.
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