Roasted Banana Ice Cream

Bananas are an herb!

Monkeys eat bananas from the opposite side than we do — try it! Just pinch the banana button! It's much more reliable!

Bananas are much more fun to discuss in a British accent!

Gwen Stefani, despite all her fame and fortune, made sure America's youth knew how to spell the name of the most popular fruit! Now that's not bananas. It's very sensible, commercially appealing, pop philanthropy.

If your banana rings, do NOT answer it. You will go mad. Or... maybe you were already?

The strings that go up and down bananas are called phloem bundles. They deliver phloem, nutrients for the fruit's development. And I hate them passionately.

So... discard them before you slice your bananas for this recipe.

Take 6 ripe ripe bananas. These are ideal. Unriper is ok, but may require more roasting.






Chop and toss with 1.5 cups brown sugar, and roast in a 400 degree oven for 30-40 minutes. Oh motherfoster. That looks good.



Puree with

1 pint half and half
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1 Tsp cinnamon
1 Tsp salt
2 Tsp Vanilla.

It might seem like a lot of lemon juice, salt and vanilla for the amount of banana/cream. Frozen, it will taste just right. I mean, it tastes awesome as slop, but kind of strong.

To egg or not to egg? New York or Philly style? In ice cream, this is a big, overblown question. The bananas do a wonderful job as emulsifiers, so without worrying over how to make a real custard, you attain a custardy texture.

Be sure your mixture is cool before putting it into your ice cream maker, if you use a frozen core style maker as I do. Warm mixture will raise the core's temperature too much and the mix will never firm up.



This is another amazingly good ice cream recipe without any hard work. One I'll be taking to an upcoming ice cream swap.


Media pairing: Oy. The Cavendish banana was bred designed by GOD for human consumption.



Only monkeys open them better.