BANANAS FOSTER PUDDING

Bananas Foster Pudding image

Provided by Zac Young

Categories dessert

Time 30m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 cup store-bought vanilla pudding
1 cup whipped cream
1 tablespoon orange zest
2 tablespoons honey or corn syrup
2 tablespoons gold sanding sugar or turbinado sugar
4 thin chocolate chip cookies, crumbled
1 large banana, sliced into 1/4-inch coins
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
1 large banana, sliced into 1/4-inch coins
3 tablespoons dark rum or bourbon (see Cook's Note)

Steps:

For the pudding: Fold together pudding, cream and orange zest in a large bowl until combined.
Pour a very thin layer of honey or corn syrup on a small plate. Make a pile of gold sanding sugar on another small plate. Hold a coupe glass upside down and gently tap the rim in the honey (a little goes a long way). Immediately roll the edge of the glass in the sanding sugar and place upright to dry. Repeat with 3 more coupe glasses.
Dollop about 1/4 cup pudding mixture into the bottom of each glass. Top with a layer of crumbled cookies, then a layer of banana slices and another 1/4 cup pudding. Chill until ready to serve, up to 2 hours.
For the bananas Foster: When you are ready to serve, melt the butter in a medium nonstick skillet. Add brown sugar and cook until sugar dissolves. Stir in bananas until coated well. Take off the heat and carefully add rum, then light with a lighter or match and let burn until the liquor burns off. Let bananas cool slightly, then add a spoonful of bananas to each of the glasses. Serve immediately.