Frozen Treats
Frozen Banana "Nice Cream"
Scraping down the sides of the food processor repeatedly during blending is what breaks the frozen banana pieces down into a genuinely smooth, creamy texture instead of leaving it chunky and unevenly blended.
Ingredients
- 4 very ripe bananas, sliced and frozen solid
- 2 tbsp unsweetened almond milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Method
- 1
Slice ripe bananas and freeze them in a single layer on a tray until completely solid, at least 3 hours.
- 2
Add the frozen banana slices to a food processor with the almond milk and vanilla.
- 3
Blend, stopping every 30 seconds to scrape down the sides with a spatula — the banana pieces clump against the sides as they break down, and scraping repeatedly is what lets the blades keep working evenly through the whole batch for a genuinely smooth, creamy texture; skip the scraping and you're left with unevenly blended chunks.
- 4
Continue blending until completely smooth and the texture resembles soft-serve ice cream, 2-3 minutes total.
- 5
Serve immediately as soft-serve, or freeze 1 hour for firmer, scoopable texture.