Nice-cream Bananza! Lemon Vanilla & Chocolate Peanut Delight

Nice-Cream Bananza!

Lemon Vanilla Banana Nice-Cream

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Chocolate and Peanut Delight 

Photography by Rainbow Chef Copyright © 2018

Welcome back everyone! What have you been up to? Lots of home cooking and baking I hope! I do apologise profusely for not posting any recipes for quite some time, I have been super duper busy with…well. A LOT of exciting projects, as well as life in general.

So right now we have a heat wave in the UK, It’s SUPER DUPER SIZZLING!!! With temperatures soaring to highs of 30 degrees Celsius (which is roasting for us!).

Now as much as I do love the sun, the heat is getting to me and so I have used this as the perfect excuse to share with you all a really simple summer recipe that is bound to cool you down know end. It’s super versatile to, you can add absolutely anything you like to it, from tart berries to nut butters, chocolate chips, toasted nuts and seeds, spices and more!   

Refreshing, sweet and citrusy, this Banana Lemon Nice-cream is packed full of flavour and also surprisingly healthy; it doesn’t require any added sugars as it uses Bananas at their healthiest stage (when they’re basically crawling out of their skins!) where all the fruits natural sugars are released. Banana Nice-cream is the perfect summer cooler to enjoy on its own and works beautifully as an accompanying addition to a pastry based desserts, as it’s wonderfully light in texture.

Banana & Vanilla Nice-Cream

What Will I Need?

Food Processor OR Blender

Freezer Safe Plastic Container

Spatula

Ingredients

3 Frozen and Chopped Very ripe large Bananas

Zest of 1 x Lemon

2 tsp. vanilla Extract

Method

1. Place all the ingredients into the bowl of your Food Processor OR Blender and blitz until smooth; you may need to scrape down the sides of the bowl to ensure all the ingredients have completely blended.
2. Using your spatula, Place the smooth Banana mixture into a Freezer Safe Plastic Container and let freeze for about 2 hours. 

Serve & Enjoy!

That’s all there is to it!

Banana, Chocolate and Peanut Delight Nice-Cream 

Photography by Rainbow Chef Copyright © 2018

Naughty but nice, my Banana, Chocolate and peanut Delight Nice-Cream certainly doesn’t compromise on flavour.

Rich, fudgy and decadent; this  version of the recipe is a MUST!

What will I need?

Medium Cooking Pan

Measuring Jug

Food Processor OR Blender

Freezer Safe Plastic Container

Spatula OR Metal Dessert Spoon

Ingredients

3 Frozen and Chopped Very ripe large Bananas

1 tsp. Vanilla Extract

3 tbsp. Carob Powder

1/3 Cup Dates Roughly Chopped

2 Tbsp. Ra Cacoa Powder

¼ tsp. Fresh Ground Sea Salt

3 tbsp. Palm Oil Free crunch Peanut Butter

1 tbsp. Toasted Peanuts roughly chopped

Method

1. Place your Dates into a medium size cooking pan and cover with cold water, then bring to a boil before turning down to a medium heat. Let bubble for about 5 minutes until all the dates are really soft and gooey.
2. Stir in the Raw Cacao powder until very well combined then with a potato masher, mash the date and Cacao mixture to form a rough puree. Set aside to let cool.
3. Place the Frozen Banana, Vanilla Extract and Carob Powder into a food processor OR Blender and blitz until completely smooth (be sure to scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula OR spoon in-between the blending process).
4. Place the Carob Banana Mixture into a Freezer Safe Container.

 For the next stage you will need to clean out the bowl of your Food processor/Blender.

1. Place the date and Cacao mixture along with the Sea Salt into your Food Processor/Blender; blend until completely smooth.
2. Place spoonful’s of the Cacao date mixture and 3tbsp. of the Crunchy Peanut Butter in with the Banana Carob mixture and swirl together using a Pallet Knife OR metal dessert spoon.
3. Scatter the top with the Toasted chopped Peanuts before placing back into the freezer for 2 hours before serving.

That’s it! Enjoy