Banana chocolate ice cream

Banana is a very versatile fruit. You can convert it into a shake, cake, bread, muffin, pan cakes or anything your imagination allow. Whenever I find some over ripe bananas at home I make any one of the aforementioned goodies.  Anything made with banana can never go wrong (atleast I feel so :) )

This time I wanted to make something new and after searching on internet I came across some innovative banana ice creams.  Its a very flexible recipe so you can add in your choice of ingredients (with banana of course) as I did.  Here I added dessicated coconut, condensed milk and my chocolate frosting.  I was not sure at all what it would be like but to my surprise it came out very nice.

The best thing in this ice cream is that it does'nt need any cream or gelatine or any fancy ice cream machine.  You don't even need to freeze it overnight or whip it on frequent intervals to avoid the formation of air bubbles.  Just freeze it for 2 hours and its good to go.  Trust me its worth trying atleast once.  Its a nice dessert for kids parties too. 

I had made this ice cream a few weeks back and today I am going to try it again but with some variations.  If this experiments too comes out nice then I will post the recipe soon.

Here I am sharing the recipe of this wonderful ice cream.  Do try it.

Happy Cooking :) 

 

Ingredients:

Banana	1 (small)
Chocolate frosting	1 tbsp
Dessicated coconut	1 tbsp
Condensed milk	1 tbsp
Glazed cherry	1
Sprinkles to garnish

Method:

• Take the banana and peel it off.  Chop it into round slices and shift to a zip-lock bag.  Put it in the deep freezer for at least two hours.
•  Take the frozen banana and put it in the blender.  Blend it till smooth and creamy. 
• Add dessicated coconut, chocolate frosting and condensed milk.  Blend again for 30 seconds.
•  Shift the mixture into an airtight container and freeze for 1-2 hours.
• Serve chilled, topped with glazed cherry and sprinkles.

Notes:

1. Always use ripe, clean and firm bananas for this ice cream.  Use of over ripe bananas would make it taste sour.
2. If not using chocolate frosting then sugar would need to be added.
3. You can add nuts too.

Fruity Custard & Ice-Cream Twist

I love fruit custard.  Whenever I see so many fruits lying in the fruit basket the only thing that comes to my mind first is the fruit custard.  Its a very good way to consume different fruits together.  I like the thick consistency of custard.  I love to serve fruit custard with a twist.  This way it gives a visual treat at the same time totally unique taste that is obviously delicious. :)

I always serve it differently and it gives me immense pleasure when it comes out yummy.

So here is one of my experiments with fruit custard that is surely gonna be your favourite too.  Here what you will first notice is the beauty of the whole dessert.. it looks stunning... I lovedddddd it.  Its so easy to make too.  Just assemble the things and dig in straight away.

I was very confused as to what name should I give to this dessert.  Finally decided Fruity Custard & Ice-Cream Twist. nothing better came to my mind :D 

Here again I used my chocolate frosting that is not getting finished up.. huhh :D

I recommend to use sweet n salty biscuits for the base.. they gave it a very nice crunch n flavour.. Icecream should not be any other than vanilla or chocolate.. I used Stracciatella (vanilla icecream with small bits of chocolate). You can decorate the dessert with your choice of things.

So what are you waiting for guys . go n try it out. Happy Cooking :)

Ingredients: 

Vanilla custard (prepared in thick consistency)	1 cup (chilled)
Banana	1 (small)
Apple	½ (small)
Black grapes (deseeded)	5-6
Black raisins	10
Vanilla /chocolate icecream	6 scoops
Sweet n salty biscuits	6
Chocolate frosting/sauce	1 tbsp
Sprinkles	½ tsp
Glazed cherry (halved)	1

Method:

• Take the biscuits and crush them coarsely.  Set aside.
• Take all the fruits and chop them.  Set aside,
• Take a bowl and pour chilled custard in it.  Add in all the chopped fruits and black raisins.  Mix well.  Set aside.
• Take two serving glasses and put a layer of crushed biscuits in the bottom of both the glasses.
• Then carefully pour 4 tbsp of fruit custard in each glass without messing the sides of the glasses.
• Top it up with ice cream and finally pour chocolate frosting / sauce over the ice cream.  Decorate with sprinkles and finish it with a glazed cherry on the top.
• Serve immediately.