Description
Rich homemade banana bliss cream delivers creamy comfort from Caribbean kitchens. Smooth ingredients blend seamlessly, creating a dessert that delights hungry friends and family at your table.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 bananas
- ¼ cup (60 ml/2 oz) crushed walnuts
- ½ tbsp (7.5 ml/0.25 oz) raw honey
- 1 tbsp (15 ml/0.5 oz) cacao powder
- 1 tsp (5 ml/0.17 oz) vanilla extract
- ½ tbsp (7.5 ml/0.25 oz) almond butter
- Dash of cinnamon
Instructions
- Preparation: Slice ripe bananas into uniform 1/2-inch chunks, ensuring precise and consistent sizing for optimal freezing and blending.
- Freezing Process: Spread banana segments in a single layer within a freezer-safe container, avoiding piece overlap, and freeze for 2-3 hours until completely solidified with frosty edges.
- Softening Technique: Allow frozen banana chunks to rest at room temperature for 2-3 minutes, creating a slightly more pliable texture for blending.
- Blending Transformation: Pulse frozen banana segments in a food processor or hand blender, intermittently scraping container sides, until the mixture morphs into a velvety, soft-serve-like cream.
- Flavor Customization: Enhance the banana cream with personal touch by integrating vanilla extract, cinnamon, cocoa powder, or honey to elevate the dessert’s complexity.
- Texture Refinement: Return the blended banana cream to the freezer for 45-60 minutes, allowing it to achieve a firmer, more scoopable consistency ideal for serving.
- Presentation: Garnish the chilled banana cream with chopped walnuts, sliced almonds, fresh blueberries, or a delicate sprinkle of ground cinnamon to complete the dessert experience.
Notes
- Choose Perfectly Ripe Bananas: Select bananas with heavy brown speckles for maximum sweetness and creaminess, ensuring the best flavor and texture for your dessert.
- Freeze Strategically: Spread banana chunks individually to prevent clumping, allowing easier blending and smoother consistency when processing.
- Patience in Blending: Allow brief resting periods during blending to prevent overheating the food processor and to help break down frozen banana pieces more effectively.
- Customize with Caution: Add flavor enhancers sparingly to maintain the natural banana essence, using no more than 1-2 teaspoons of additional ingredients.
- Prep Time: 3 hours 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: None
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 3
- Calories: 192
- Sugar: 8 g
- Sodium: 1 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 25 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg