When the craving for ice cream strikes but time is short, this quick recipe delivers on every promise. Frozen bananas blended with almond or cashew butter give a creamy texture in a few minutes, with no ice cream maker and no complicated ingredients. An instant chocolate sauce is poured over the top. A dessert as simple as it is satisfying.
Quick banana and almond butter ice cream with chocolate sauce
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Ingredients
Ice cream
- 3 frozen bananas, sliced
- 4 tablespoons raw almond or cashew butter
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 4 tablespoons water
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Sauce
- 1 tablespoon raw cacao powder
- 1 teaspoon raw almond butter
- 2 tablespoons raw cashews or almonds, chopped
- 4 tablespoons honey
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Method
- Blend the ice cream ingredients in the food processor until creamy, scraping down the sides once or twice, then set aside in a bowl.
- For the sauce, mix all the ingredients in a bowl until fully combined.
- Pour the sauce over the ice cream and serve straight away.
Tip
Freeze very ripe bananas, sliced and spread out on a tray: the ice cream will be all the smoother and naturally sweeter, and the slices will not stick together. Add the water one spoonful at a time, just enough to keep the food processor turning.
For ice cream that works every time: with the Ninja CREAMi Deluxe ice cream maker, there is no more stirring every hour and no more watching the freezer. You freeze the mixture in its tub, you pick the programme (ice cream, sorbet, gelato or slushi), and a few minutes later the machine hands you a smooth, creamy texture with no ice crystals. It is the machine we adopted this summer for our plant-based ice creams.
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FAQ: your questions about quick banana ice cream
How do you make banana ice cream without an ice cream maker?
Freeze ripe bananas in slices, then blend them in the food processor with a little nut butter and a few spoonfuls of water. At first the banana crumbles; keep going, scraping down the sides, and suddenly the texture turns as smooth as Italian ice cream. Serve straight away or firm it up for an hour in the freezer.
What is the recipe with peanut butter and bananas?
Banana and peanut butter are a perfect match for this ice cream: simply replace the almond butter with the same amount of peanut butter, and cut back a little on the salt if it is already salted. The pairing also works in a smoothie, or on frozen banana slices dipped in raw chocolate.
What can you make with frozen bananas?
Quick ice creams like this one, thick smoothies without ice cubes, plant-based milkshakes or chocolate-coated bites. Always freeze them peeled and sliced: the skin turns black and is hard to remove once frozen, and slices are much easier to blend.
How do you make nice cream?
Nice cream is the name given to ice creams made from blended frozen banana. The base is always the same: very ripe banana, frozen in slices, blended with just a little liquid. You then add cacao, berries, nut butter or vanilla, as you like.
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