Caramel - Bananas Foster

Who doesn't love caramel?  Caramel is a delicious mix of butter, sugar (brown or superfine white), water, occasionally cream, and a sprinkling of sea salt.  Caramel is pretty simple to make, but in a matter of 30 seconds, a good caramel can burn and become a bitter mess.  The recipe we will be making today will be using a wet caramel, which is made by using the above ingredients and water to stabilize the caramel and to prevent it from burning.

Bananas Foster:
Ingredients:

-2 under-ripe bananas
-1.5 cups brown sugar
-1/2 cup of water
-3 tablespoons of butter
-liquor of your choosing (I used a 44, though Rum is the classic)
-vanilla ice cream
-A pinch of sea salt

1. Melt 3 tablespoons of butter in a saucepan, along with 2 tablespoons of the liquor. 
2. Add the brown sugar and water.  Mix until combined and let simmer on medium-high until it comes to a boil.
3. Once boiling, lower the temperature to low. Cut the bananas into half inch slices into the saucepan.  Let cook and reduce for two minutes or until at the desired consistency (not too thick, still runny.)
4. Add a pinch of sea salt in to the caramel and banana mixture and stir to combine.
5. Scoop some vanilla ice cream into a bowl or a glass.  Pour over the slightly COOLED caramel and banana mixture and ENJOY!