Bananas Foster Galette With Pecan Crust

A nutty pecan crust envelopes flambeed bananas smothered in spiced rum sauce for an open pie take on a classic dessert. This bananas Foster Galette with pecan crust is toasty, lightly spiced, sticky, and flaky. Served warm with vanilla ice cream, you have a winning dessert that everyone will be raving about. Bonus, this is so easy to put together.

Whenever I am pressed for time but still want an impressive dessert I turn to galettes. Galettes are rustic by nature and have all the characteristics we love about pie in an open faced form.

Since I’ve been switching up my flours lately for more flavorful Fall baking, I went with a spiced pecan crust. This all butter crust uses real pecans combined with all purpose flour, cinnamon, and a dash of nutmeg. It’s cozy and warm, and the perfect flaky flaky vessel to house all those baked bananas and spiked caramel sauce. This flambeed bananas Foster Galette would be a celebrated addition to your Thanksgiving dessert table.

Thanksgiving Dessert Planning

I managed to avoid catching the illnesses my family kept bringing home for months. Something finally got me this week. But while most normal people crave soup, I lay on the couch dreaming up what epic dessert I wanted today. I kept thinking about a rum spiced bananas Foster with melted ice cream running down all the crannies. But I wanted to kick it up a notch and make that classic into a dessert that could withstand the holiday dessert stations. I always love my bananas Foster with some toasted pecans, so I pecan crust sounded incredible for this Galette.

So I shrunk out of the most comfy robe ever, chugged a bottle of water for strength, and had an afternoon flambé. It felt a little wild to be lighting dark rum on fire in the middle of the day. But I liked it. And the result was an OMG dessert that will make your Fall so much tastier!

Bananas Foster Galette with Pecan Crust

If you love bananas then you’ll truly go bananas for this Bananas Foster Galette with Pecan Crust!

This galette checks all the boxes. You’ve got flaky crust, fresh fruit with sticky caramel, booze, warm spices, and the crunch of chopped pecans. And all this Galette needs is a big scoop of Vanilla or Butter Rum ice cream to get your taste buds screaming for more.

This dessert has only a few quick and easy steps. All you’re looking at is making and chilling the crust, sautéing the bananas in a rich brown sugar sauce, then baking it all up.

And of course, you get to carefully light stuff on fire. That’s always a fun culinary twist!

Pecan Crust

I love grinding up nuts for crusts like I did in my Fig Walnut Tarts. This crust only takes 5 minutes to make. But it needs to chill for an hour before filling and baking.

Use your food processor to grind up the pecans. Don’t go too far or you’ll end up with Pecan butter. Once it is fine and looks like it’s beginning to stick to the very bottom rim of the food processor bowl, stop grinding. Stir away from sides of bowl with a spatula. Then add the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and fine sea salt. Pulse a few of times to incorporate.

Dice up cold butter and add it. Then let that blend. Add about a tablespoon of cold water to make it a cohesive ball of dough.

Then flatten it into a disc and chill an hour.

This crust would also be great for Cardamom Spiced Apple Pie!

Bananas Foster Flambé

Once you’re ready to whip up the flambeed bananas bake, preheat the oven to 400 F.

Keep the pecan dough chilling while you make the bananas Foster filling. First, melt butter in a large sauté pan over medium low heat. Then mix in dark brown sugar, the spices, and a pinch of fine sea salt. Stir in the banana liquor and a bit of vanilla extract.

Cut 5 under-ripe bananas lengthwise. As the sauce begins to simmer, set them in. Spoon over the sauce to coat each banana half. Let them cook a minute then carefully flip them. Repeat the coating.

Then comes the fiery fun part! #Butfirst, I have to put in this disclaimer- Be very careful. Wear a heat protective glove and never put your face above the stove. Stand back when lighting alcohol on fire and don’t have children near this. Whew, ok, let’s do this!

Turn the heat up to medium. Gently pour the dark rum against the side of the pan. Use a long match or long handled lighter to light the alcohol in fire. Here’s a peek of my afternoon flambé from my Instagram. And for another fall flambe recipe, see my Flambeed Pears.

Then just gently shake the sautéed pan by the handle and the flames will subside. Set the flambeed bananas aside for a moment while you get rolling on that crust.

Bananas Foster Galette

Place a piece of parchment paper the size of your baking sheet. For galettes I always use baking sheets like this that are flat and aluminum. You can slide the bake right on.

Lightly flour the parchment. Then set the crust on it and roll it out into a rough circle, about 11 inches around. Remember, galettes are rustic so you’re allowed to make the most imperfect circle of crust.

Brush cream around the outer edge of the crust, making a circle for the middle filling. Slide that parchment piece onto your baking sheet.

Then carefully place bananas on top of the crust until you reach the cream border. You’ll Cover some of the bananas with the outer border of the crust. Then fold the crust over the filling and pinch it together where it meets. Then brush cream over the crust. Sprinkle with raw sugar. Drizzle on some of the boozy caramel sauce. Reserve the rest for serving.

Bake for about 30 minutes. Then allow to cool for about 20 minutes before slicing and serving. Drizzle on extra spiced rum sauce and devour!

And for a savory dinner Galette, check out my Vegetable Galette.

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