Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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  4             ounces  bittersweet chocolate -- chopped
  1 1/2    tablespoons  water
  4 1/2    tablespoons  butter -- divided use
  4                     ripe bananas -- peeled and sliced
  1         tablespoon  dark brown sugar
  2        tablespoons  chile jelly -- (recipe follows)
  3        tablespoons  dark rum
  4             scoops  vanilla ice cream

Preparation:

Place chocolate pieces and water in a stainless steel bowl and heat over a double boiler until melted, stirring until smooth. Remove from heat and whisk in 2 tablespoons butter; set aside. Heat a skillet and add bananas, remaining butter and brown sugar. Stir over medium heat until butter has melted. Stir in 2 tablespoons of chile jelly and toss bananas to coat. Add rum and carefully deglaze by igniting with a match and letting the alcohol burn off. To serve, place a scoop of ice cream in the center of 4 shallow bowls. Arrange bananas around ice cream and pour chocolate sauce over both.

Nutritional Information:

432 Calories (kcal); 36g Total Fat; (71% calories from fat); 5g Protein; 27g Carbohydrate; 64mg Cholesterol; 190mg Sodium