The ice cream season is coming soon. Do you really want to eat it, but are you worried that it will ruin your weight loss plan? Then please be sure to try Thekitchn’s homemade ice cream. It’s totally delicious. There is no need to use ingredients such as fresh cream or sugar, nor does it require a professional ice cream machine or frequent whipping. A banana can easily make healthy ice cream with a super creamy taste. In addition to those who are losing weight, it is also especially suitable for friends with children at home, and for using up the endless bananas at home.
Step 1: Take a large ripe banana, peel it and slice it (try to have similar thickness).
Step 2: Put the banana slices into an airtight container, either a dense bag or an airtight low-temperature glass bowl.
Step 3: Freeze the banana slices overnight, or at least two hours if you can't wait.
Step 4: Blend the frozen bananas in a food processor or powerful blender.
Step 5: When you first start whipping, the texture will be like the picture above, in a puree state, not smooth enough.
Step 6: Pause beating, open the lid, then use a spatula or spoon to scrape off the puree stuck to the inner wall, then close the lid and continue beating.
Step 7: Open the lid, use a spatula or spoon again to scrape off the puree stuck to the inner wall, and then continue to beat.
Step 8: Repeat the action of Step 7 again. When the particles of the puree completely disappear and become fine and creamy, continue beating for ten seconds.
*Repeat Step 7 if necessary.
Step 9: Finally, pour the whipped banana paste into a sealable low-temperature-resistant container, and then put it in the refrigerator to freeze until the texture becomes hard. If it is too hard, take it out and let it rest for a while before eating. Just keep it warm, just like eating regular ice cream.
Note: When making this ice cream, a food processor works better than a blender because it has more space and can whip bananas faster and more fully, but as long as your blender is powerful enough to whip frozen ingredients , then that’s also possible.
If you are not trying to lose weight, but just want to use the fastest way to DIY ice cream of various flavors, you can also add the following before the last 10 seconds of whipping in Step 8:
3tbsp peanut butter + 2 teaspoons honey
or
3 tbsp Nutella Chocolate Hazelnut Spread
or
1/3 cup coarsely chopped frozen strawberries + 2tbsp whipped cream
or
3tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder + 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract + 2tbsp fresh cream
or
3tbsp condensed milk + 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon powder
*If you want to make the above flavors, the banana material needs to be 1.5 pieces
