How To Make Banana Ice Cream For Yourself At Home Using Only 2 Ingredients

An ice cream maker is not required to make this home made icecream. You could make the ice cream using a blender and food processor. Even better, the homemade banana ice cream requires only 2 ingredients. Here is how you can make your own simple banana ice cream at home this lockdown.

Ingredients For Home Made Banana Ice Cream
4 Ripe Bananas
Milk ( This Is Optional)
Equipment For Home Made Banana Ice Cream
Knife
Cutting board
Airtight, freezer-safe container
Small food processor

Method
This ice cream works best if your bananas are ripe (or overripe as some people like to put it. Therefore leave your bananas out until they start to turn brown. This will give the banana ice cream a sweet caramelized flavour.




Once the bananas have ripened and have turned brown, peel them, cut them into pieces and freeze them until they are solid. This is best done overnight, but if you are in a hurry to make the banana ice cream, leave them in the freezer for at least 6 hours.





After your banana pieces have frozen solid, place them in a food processor and puree them until they make a creamy, rich ice cream texture. If you prefer, you can a little bit of milk to make a creamy texture, if your blender/food processor is not powerful enough. However, if your blend/food processor is top-notch, you will still get the creamy texture without adding anything else.





Once you have got the creamy texture, you can scoop the ice cream into 4 bowls or glasses and eat immediately. Or you can put the banana ice cream into a container and put it in the freeze for another half hour. After this, you can scoop and serve your ice cream. The additional half-hour will give your banana ice cream a firmer ice cream texture.





And there you have it. Homemade banana ice cream with no additional sugar, sweeteners or other ingredients.




Notes On Home Made Banana Ice Cream Recipe

For this particular recipe, a food processor works much better than a blender. However, you can still use a blender as long as your blender is powerful enough to process frozen bananas.
Once you have mastered making the banana ice cream with the right level of creamy consistency, you can also experiment and add one or two more ingredients in order to get different flavours. Popular things to add include, a bit of honey, chocolate, cinnamon or even ginger. This list is by no means exhaustive.


Go ahead and experiment as we count down the days to the end of the lockdown.


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