Bananas Foster Rice Pudding is a creamy made-from-scratch rice pudding topped with a delicious Bananas Foster Sauce.

The sauce is wonderfully caramel-like with some rum flavor and pecans.

From Scratch Rice Pudding

Rice pudding is one of my favorite comfort food desserts. It’s what I crave when I’m not feeling well. Making rice pudding from scratch takes a little time, but it is perfectly easy. You have to cook it low and slow just like you do with risotto so that it develops the right texture. But there’s less work involved than making risotto because you don’t have to keep adding liquid.

Consistency of rice pudding when it is done.

How To Make Bananas Foster Rice Pudding

Combine 5 1/2 cups milk, 1/2 cup granulated sugar, and salt in a large saucepan and bring to a boil.Right when it comes to a boil, stir in the rice and reduce heat to low.Simmer gently for 50 to 60 minutes, stirring occasionally. It is done when it has the consistency of yogurt.Stir in the vanilla and let cool. Refrigerate until chilled.
How To Make Bananas Foster Sauce

Melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat.Add the brown sugar, rum, cream, and salt.Cook for 2 minutes. Add the banana slices and pecans and cook just until the banana slices are coated well.Just before serving, stir an extra 1/2 cup of milk into the rice pudding. Dish into bowls and spoon the sauce on top.

Recipe Tips

Use just-ripe bananas, NOT overripe bananas.

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