BANANA version 1
2 cups milk
2 cups heavy cream
2 eggs, beaten
1 1/4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup purée bananas
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
In a saucepan, combine the milk, cream, eggs, sugar and salt. Cook and stir over low heat until mixture thickens slightly and coats the back of a spoon. Refrigerate the mixture until cool. Combine the cooled custard with the bananas, vanilla and nutmeg. Pour into freezer container. Freeze according to manufacturer’s instructions.
BANANA version 2
The riper the bananas, the more flavor.
4 ripe bananas
3/4 cup simple syrup
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 cup heavy cream
Working quickly to keep the bananas from darkening, peel and place them in a food processor with the lemon juice. purée until smooth. You should have about 2 cups of purée. Stir in the simple syrup, then the cream Pour the mixture into the bowl of the machine and freeze.
Makes about 1 quart.
BANANA PEANUT BUTTER ICE CREAM
3 cups milk
3 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup peanut butter
3 ripe bananas
1 lemon, juice
Beat eggs in a bowl. Beat in sugar. Heat milk to almost boiling. Stir into eggs. Add cream. Cool. Stir 1 cup of milk mixture into peanut butter to make peanut butter more liquid. Pour peanut butter mixture into milk mixture. Mix in machine. While mixing, mash bananas. Add juice of lemon to bananas. When ice cream almost solid, add
bananas and freeze until done.
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