The popularity of bananas is gaining momentum not only among supporters of a healthy diet, vegetarians and fruit-eaters, but also among ordinary people. The combination of pleasant taste, ease of use and a feeling of quick satiation makes this fruit a welcome guest in every home. The article contains several recipes for banana desserts as an example of what and how is prepared from this exotic fruit.
What can be made from bananas?
Everything! It is not surprising, but this ingredient can be used to prepare a variety of dishes. This is probably why the recipes for banana desserts have long flooded the web pages. Here's what you can make from this fragrant fruit:
- All kinds of fillings for cakes, pastries, pancakes, rolls and so on.
- Smoothies, cocktails and other varied drinks.
- Jelly, mousse, panna cotta, marmalade and other desserts based on gelling products.
- Casseroles, cheesecakes and souffle.
- Ice cream.
- Various types of dough, ranging from pancakes, fritters and ending with cakes and even bread.
Also, bananas can be fried, baked in dough, added to sauces, creams and salads. The list can be continued for a long time, but as they say, it is better to try it once than to discuss it many times.
Banana Pancakes with Chocolate
Of course, this delicacy can hardly be called a diet dish, but is there really a person who could refuse it? A delicate dessert made from banana, tart chocolate and lace dough can be a great end to a romantic dinner or the beginning of a family weekend.
To cook pancakes, you will need to take such actions:
- Mix three eggs, a pinch of salt and one tablespoon. spoon of sugar, add vanilla on the tip of a knife and a glass of milk. Beat with a whisk until a light foam forms. Gradually adding a glass of sifted flour, continue to beat the dough, and at the end add another 250 milligrams of milk. Stir thoroughly so that there are no small lumps, and pour 1/4 teaspoon of soda with a pinch of citric acid. Let the dough stand for twenty minutes, and then add to it 2 tbsp. tablespoons of odorless vegetable oil. Fry in a traditional way in a pan.
- For each pancake, 1/3 of the usual size banana is used. It needs to be cleaned and cut into circles. On the spread pancake in the middle, spread the fruit slicing in a strip, on all four sides, wrap the edges in the center, forming a square, and then roll it with a roll.
- Prepare a chocolate sauce: heat a glass of cream and melt in them one hundred grams of dark chocolate, crushed into pieces. When it melts, add a tablespoon of oil, two tablespoons of liquor and, after thoroughly mixing, pour onto prepared pancakes.
If desired, you can prepare the filling in the style of "bannofi pie" - from condensed milk with cream. To do this, beat in a stable cream two hundred grams of cream, 70 grams of icing sugar and a little vanilla. Mash three bananas with a fork until mashed. Condensed milk is boiled until brown. On the spread pancake, spread a spoonful of condensed milk, put banana puree on top and bend the edges on four sides. Next, put two tablespoons of cream on the open middle and roll it up, trying not to press hard so that the filling does not leak. Thus, fill all the pancakes and place them in the refrigerator for an hour, and when serving, pour each with a spoon of chocolate sauce.
Banana mousse
This diet dessert made from banana and cream is definitely worth a try, because its delicate taste is incomparable. If we take into account that sugar is not used in the cooking process, but is replaced by honey, then it can be safely reckoned as a dietary dish. Which products will be required:
- Two large and ripe bananas.
- 170 grams of cream.
- One spoonful of honey. If it is thick, then it should first be melted in a water bath, just do not overheat, otherwise honey will lose its useful properties.
- Two egg whites.
- According to one art. spoon of lemon juice and chopped nuts to sprinkle the finished dish.
- Vanilla sugar is used to flavor.
To make such a dessert from bananas, you need to whip all the ingredients except the proteins into a single mixture, which should slightly thicken. Proteins are whipped separately to stable peaks and then mixed with a spoon to the creamy mass. Arrange the resulting mousse in a bowl or portioned glasses and allow to freeze in the refrigerator, and sprinkle with nuts or grated chocolate when serving.
Cake without baking
Gelatin-based cookies and banana desserts are popular with people who do not like to devote much time to cooking, as well as those who do not have special culinary skills. This cake is quickly prepared, looks beautiful and at the same time is incredibly tasty. To prepare this delicate delicacy, you will need the following ingredients:
- two to three medium-ripened bananas;
- 220 grams of shortbread cookies;
- 500 grams of cream or yogurt;
- two tbsp. tablespoons of coconut flakes;
- eighty grams of butter and sugar;
- five to six kiwi;
- thirty grams of gelatin soaked in a hundred grams of cold water.
Step cooking
This dessert is prepared from bananas without baking, and sand crumbs will act as the basis for the cake. So, grind cookies with a blender, mix with soft butter and coconut into a homogeneous mass. Cover the bottom of a round shape (preferably detachable) with parchment and spread the prepared base in it in the form of a layer, ramming it tightly with your fingers. Place the mold in the refrigerator for half an hour, so that the first layer of the cake has matured.
The second level of this dessert is from bananas, cut into circles and laid out on top of the sand layer. Peel and chop kiwi in mashed potatoes, can be wiped through a sieve to get rid of seeds. Then the finished cake will be even more elegant. Combine the mashed potatoes with sugar and lemon juice and boil over low heat. Allow to cool, and then mix with cream and gelatin melted in a water bath and whisk lightly with a whisk or fork. When the mass begins to thicken, pour it with a third layer of cake (on fruit) and leave it in the cold until it completely hardens. Decorate the finished dessert with bananas at your discretion, but you can just fill it with chocolate icing.
Fruit salads: low-calorie and diet foods
This dessert made from strawberries and bananas is one of the most beloved among children, therefore, many mothers based on it create various vitamin options. For instance:
- Cut into half slices a banana, the same amount of orange, five or six large berries of strawberries, cut into halves with a knife and mix all the fruits in one portioned plate. Pour a teaspoon of honey and three tablespoons of thick yogurt, with a berry flavor.
- In the same way, you can make a dessert of bananas and ice cream, replacing yogurt with a cold treat. Vanilla or chocolate - it doesn’t matter, you can even take a ball of each, which tasters will definitely like. Sprinkle the top of the salad with chopped nuts and garnish with a fresh leaf of mint.
- If you need a hearty, but healthy breakfast, then a dessert of cottage cheese and bananas is what you need. Take homemade cottage cheese and cream in equal proportions, beat with a blender until smooth, adding a spoonful of sugar or its substitute in the process. You can also use honey. Next, put the resulting sweet mass into a portion plate in a slide, arrange bananas (sliced in circles) and a whole strawberry around the diameter, and place a handful of raspberries or blueberries in the center. The dish can be lightly sprinkled with large chocolate chips, but it is important to remember that it adds not only taste, but also calories.
- You can arrange a fruit boom - take a little bit of everything in an arbitrary proportion: nectarine or peach, banana, white grapes, pomegranate seeds and lay in layers in portioned glasses for cocktail salads. Pour two tablespoons of yogurt and sprinkle with almond flakes.
Fried bananas
It sounds quite unusual at first glance, but in fact, this light banana dessert is quite common in tropical countries, it is prepared as often as Russian pancakes and pancakes. To prepare one serving, take one large banana, peel and cut lengthwise into two halves. Warm up a tablespoon of butter or coconut oil in a pan and fry the fruit halves in it until a slight blush and put on a dessert plate. Mix one spoonful of hot water and honey until smooth, add a pinch of cinnamon. Pour the bananas with the resulting sauce, and put two balls of vanilla ice cream or ice cream next to them.
You can also cook bananas fried in batter: to do this, cut them into two cm thick circles and each with a fork, dip in the dough, and then fry in a pan in oil. Be sure to put the prepared pieces on a paper towel to remove excess fat, and then sprinkle with powdered sugar. The batter is made from two eggs, three tablespoons of milk and one spoon of flour. Beat everything with a fork and season with vanilla if desired.
Diet ice cream
Ice cream is also a dessert. From bananas it’s easy to prepare, using only four ingredients:
- Four bananas.
- Two hundred grams of yogurt or cream.
- Sugar or sweetener to taste.
- A pinch of ground cinnamon, if desired, can be replaced with vanilla.
It is prepared as simple as possible: all the components are beaten in a blender until a homogeneous consistency, and then frozen in the freezer for several hours. To do this, you can use ice cream molds or ordinary plastic dishes. When serving, such a delicious banana dessert can be poured with chocolate or berry syrup, sprinkled with nuts or coconut, decorated with fresh berries.
You can also make healthy ice cream according to this recipe:
- Peel two persimmons from peel and seeds, cut into pieces.
- Two bananas are also peeled, chopped and mixed with persimmon. Beat with a mashed blender.
- Add a pinch of cinnamon, one tbsp. a spoonful of lemon juice and sugar (to taste and desire). The fruit mass is already quite sweet, but there will always be those to whom this taste is not enough.
Put the resulting mashed potatoes in ice cream tins and freeze. It is incredibly tasty and beautiful, despite the unusual combination of products. Using the same principle, you can make ice cream in combination with strawberries, kiwi or orange.
Raisin casserole
A light dessert of cottage cheese and bananas for breakfast or afternoon snack can be prepared in the oven using a minimum amount of flour. A nice feature of this dish is that it is served completely cold, so its taste is revealed best. It’s quite convenient: to cook in the evening, and in the morning to have an amazing breakfast for the whole family. To prepare the casserole you will need:
- Three hundred grams of cottage cheese.
- Three ripe bananas.
- Three eggs.
- 150 grams of granulated sugar.
- 4 tbsp. tablespoons of wheat flour. If its presence is undesirable, then you can replace it with corn, which will give the dish a pleasant yellowish tint and a specific aftertaste.
- 160 grams of sour cream or heavy cream.
Peel the bananas and use a chopper to mash, add the cottage cheese and beat thoroughly again. Next, add eggs and sugar, you can have a little vanillin and again work with a blender. Then mix the sour cream and flour and mix well again, achieving a uniform consistency. Lightly grease the silicone mold, pour the prepared dough into it and bake in the oven at a temperature of 160 degrees for an hour or a little more. When the baking time comes to an end, allow the casserole to cool right in the mold. If cooking takes place in the evening, then you can leave it until the morning. This dish is served with berry or chocolate sauce, you can also serve just with sour cream or fresh berries.
For a children's holiday
Many parents are concerned that children consume too many sweets and try to cook more proper, healthy meals for them. Of course, this is more difficult to do to celebrate a birthday or some other event, especially for children, when the kids are excitedly waiting for sweets. There is also a way out of this situation, because if there is a desire, then there will always be a way out. A dessert made from banana and chocolate, which is prepared in a matter of minutes, is good because, under a bright cover of chocolate, a fresh fruit is hidden with all its large-scale benefits for the body. It is prepared simply: strong, but ripe bananas, peeled and cut into two or three slices across (depending on the size of the fruit), you can also use mini-varieties. Put each piece on an ice cream stick. Melt milk chocolate and dip a banana in it, and then roll in chopped nuts, finely chopped dried fruits or colored coconut flakes. You can use a colorful icing topping for muffins and Easter cakes, but it’s better not to get carried away, because it is solid sugar that will not benefit the child, although it will please its appearance. Next, spread the resulting dessert on parchment paper in a cool place so that the chocolate freezes.
There is another option for serving fruit in chocolate: cut bananas in two-cm-thick circles, pick medium-sized strawberries, you can also use large table grapes, slices of apples or nectarine. To put on wooden sticks in random order, but tightly placing them to each other. Dip the resulting "fruit barbecue" in melted chocolate and sprinkle with nuts or other additives to your taste. Put the sticks on a bowl of an appropriate size so that the stick rests on it and the fruit does not touch. Leave the chocolate to solidify.