Blue Bayou Bananas Foster Shortcake

Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

Biscuits

• 2 ounces (about 1/3 cup) brie cheese, diced
• 2 1/2 cups Bisquick
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup water

Sauce

• 1 tablespoon butter
• 4 large bananas, cut into 1/2 inch slices
• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
• 1 cup + 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 2 tablespoons dark rum
• 2 tablespoons banana liqueur

Garnish

• Whipped cream
• Fresh mint sprigs

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 400 degrees F.

Biscuits

1. Add together the diced cheese, Bisquick and sugar, mix well. Add the water and mix thoroughly to make a wet batter. Drop the batter in 4 mounds onto a greased cookie sheet and bake on the top rack for 20 minutes or until cooked through (when wooden pick inserted in middle comes out clean).
2. Remove from oven and cool on wire rack.

Sauce

1. Melt the butter in a saucepan and sauté the bananas for about 3 minutes. Add the sugars and stir until melted. Add the cream and, stirring constantly, cook over high heat until it reaches a boil. Reduce the heat to low and cook for 10 minutes. Add the rum and banana liqueur.
2. To serve, cut the cooled biscuits from the top two thirds of the way down, open it up and pour the sauce into the center of the biscuit.

Garnish

1. Serve with whipped cream and mint sprig.

Attribution

Disney Magazine, Summer 2000 - Blue Bayou, Disneyland