Thursday, February 3, 2011

Banana Peanut Butter (Chocolate Fudge) Ice Cream

Ingredients:

Fudge:
  • 1 very ripe banana
  • 1/8th cup sweetener (honey (makes recipe non-vegan), brown rice syrup, or maple Syrup)
  • 3 oz of unsweetened baking chocolate, cut up if possible
  • 1/4 cup creamy natural peanut butter (no sugar added) (like this)

Ice cream:

  • 4 bananas, cut up and frozen for 2 or more hours

Fudge Instructions:

  1. Mash banana with a fork or potato masher until smooth.
  2. Combine banana with sweetener in sauce pan over medium heat.
  3. Stirring regularly, cook until mixture begins to bubble.
  4. Remove from heat. Mix chocolate in (allowing hot banana and sweetener to melt chocolate), then mix peanut butter in until mixture is smooth and consistent.

Ice Cream Instructions:

  1. Put frozen cut up bananas in food processor.
  2. If they are completely frozen through, allow to thaw for 20 minutes until they are only partially frozen.
  3. Process until smooth.
  4. Put pureed bananas in container.
  5. Pour fudge on top, mixing in swirls. Do not mix completely.