Banana ice cream with only one ingredient...

MikeHunt79 · 13 May 2011 at 02:09

If you haven't guessed it already, you'll be needing some bananas. The riper the better... even if they're going black they'll be fine for this.

Here's what you need to do:

1) Peel the bananas
2) Chop them up into smallish pieces
3) Put pieces on a plate or in a container
4) Freeze
5) Once frozen, put in a blender and blend.
6) Eat

Psycho Sonny · 13 May 2011 at 15:56

MikeHunt79 said:
If you haven't guessed it already, you'll be needing some bananas. The riper the better... even if they're going black they'll be fine for this.

Here's what you need to do:

1) Peel the bananas
2) Chop them up into smallish pieces
3) Put pieces on a plate or in a container
4) Freeze
5) Once frozen, put in a blender and blend.
6) Eat

isnt that just frozen banana's? its not ice cream at all.

also i think a banana milkshake would be easier to swallow, and you dont need to freeze the banana's just add milk and blend. i usually do this but add protein powder.

Craig1981 · 13 May 2011 at 16:35

Thats not ice cream. You need milk and suger.

Van Hellseek · 13 May 2011 at 17:02

This should be called "Cold mashed banana with only one ingredient".

ScoTTyBEEE · 13 May 2011 at 17:15

I'd prefer it to just be called: Bananas

Slogan · 13 May 2011 at 18:39

This idea is bananas.

J1234 · 13 May 2011 at 18:43

Where's the ice? And cream?

nydryl · 13 May 2011 at 18:55

Does it have the consistency of ice cream?

Glaucus · 13 May 2011 at 19:04

Do that but add milk or cream and you will get ice cream. Banana are cold enough to freeze the milk. Touch of sugar and vanilla as well.

PapaLazaru · 13 May 2011 at 19:17

This recipe is like 'Turnip Surprise' off of Blackadder.

PhillyDee · 13 May 2011 at 19:27

PapaLazaru said:
This recipe is like 'Turnip Surprise' off of Blackadder.

hehe

Craig1981 · 13 May 2011 at 19:42

PapaLazaru said:
This recipe is like 'Turnip Surprise' off of Blackadder.

The surprise being the shape?

It looks exactly....like a thingy!

MikeHunt79 · 13 May 2011 at 19:58

Craig1981 said:
Thats not ice cream. You need milk and suger.

Try it, banana has natural sugars in, so it's already sweet, and banana also has fat in it so it has the consistency of ice cream once frozen and blended. To all intents and purposes it's ice cream.

I'm out of bananas right now, but once I've got some I'll make it and add some pics to this thread for all the cynics!

You could add honey when blending if you want to make it a little sweeter however...

PhillyDee · 13 May 2011 at 20:00

Except its not Ice Cream.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_Descriptions_Act_1968

Craig1981 · 13 May 2011 at 20:02

I didnt say frozen bananas woudnt taste nice on their own. I'm sure its fine.

But its NOT ice cream. Helpful definition for you:

Ice cream is a frozen dessert usually made from dairy products, such as milk and cream, and often combined with fruits or other ingredients and flavours. Most varieties contain sugar, although some are made with other sweeteners. In some cases, artificial flavourings and colourings are used in addition to (or in replacement of) the natural ingredients. This mixture is stirred slowly while cooling to prevent large ice crystals from forming; the result is a smoothly textured ice cream.

Psycho Sonny · 13 May 2011 at 22:51

also doesnt this destroy your blender? im pretty sure you shouldnt be putting things in which are really hard or frozen solid.

J1234 · 13 May 2011 at 22:53

Any good blender can easily handle ice cubes, so frozen banana won't be a problem.

Amp34 · 14 May 2011 at 02:29

Psycho Sonny said:
isnt that just frozen banana's? its not ice cream at all.

also i think a banana milkshake would be easier to swallow, and you dont need to freeze the banana's just add milk and blend. i usually do this but add protein powder.

That's not milkshake either, that's banana flavoured milk...

For milkshake you need some frozen material: Fresh Banana, Vanilla icecream, milk. Add banana and icecream to blender and blend, adding milk for consistency...!

Psycho Sonny said:
also doesnt this destroy your blender? im pretty sure you shouldnt be putting things in which are really hard or frozen solid.

Do it all the time for smoothies (should alway have one or two frozen fruits in it to give it the right consistency)

Oh, and anyone that adds icecubes to smoothies or milkshakes needs to be shot (especially pertinent to shops/restaurants that do this!)

POB · 15 May 2011 at 17:22

Frozen whole bananas coated in choc and nuts are amazing.