Grilled Bananas with Vanilla Ice Cream and Hot Chocolate Sauce

Ingredients

• 2 firm-ripe bananas
• ¼ stick unsalted butter, melted and cooled
• 3 tablespoons firmly packed brown sugar
• good quality store bought vanilla ice cream

Hot Chocolate Sauce

• ¼ pound good quality chocolate, chopped
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• ⅓ cup half-and-half

Directions

1. Preheat grill pan.
2. Peel bananas and halve lengthwise.
3. In a shallow baking pan large enough to hold bananas in one layer stir together butter and brown sugar and add bananas, tossing gently to coat.
4. Transfer bananas with a metal spatula to an oiled grill pan and grill until browned and cooked through, about 2 minutes on each side (if bananas are difficult to handle you may grill them on 1 side only).
5. In a heavy saucepan chopped chocolate, cinnamon and half and half over low heat, stirring frequently, until chocolate is melted.
6. Serve bananas like a banana split with ice cream and chocolate sauce.