What can be cooked from bananas: simple and delicious recipes

To date, accumulated a considerable number of recipes, the main ingredient of which is a banana. As a rule, this delicious fruit is used to make desserts and cocktails. However, you will be surprised at the number of savory dishes that can be obtained thanks to bananas. From them you can cook a variety of sauces, pastries and even ice cream. Read the recipes and take a couple of them on a note, you can read this article.

Homemade banana desserts are popular all year round. Due to its affordability (fruit can be purchased at any supermarket at any time of the year) and relatively inexpensive cost, you can indulge in sweet dishes of your home foods all the time.

Banana desserts are not only tasty and appetizing, but also very useful for the human body.

A fascinating immersion into the world of desserts, the main ingredient of which is a banana, we begin with a fruit cake with condensed milk. The total cooking time is about 40 minutes. This recipe is perfect for those who are just starting to get acquainted with cooking. From the ingredients you need to acquire two bananas, 0.5 kg of sugar cookies, one can of boiled condensed milk, 200 g of butter. This dish is made porous and airy thanks to the use of sugar cookies. If desired, butter can be replaced with margarine. For decorating the cake you may need your favorite berries, chocolate, coconut chips and the like. So, the recipe for cooking banana cake with condensed milk is as follows.

• To begin, crush the sugar cookies. For convenience, chop it into small pieces in a deep plate. Then transfer the chopped up cookies in a usual bag from polyethylene. Using a kitchen rolling pin, grind it. Ultimately, you should have a flour-like consistency.

• In the next step, you will need a mixer. If you are not the happy owner of this device, then use the usual plug. This may take a little longer, but the result will be the same. Take a briquette of butter, which was previously left at room temperature for an hour to soften. Cut it into small pieces. Put them in a deep bowl and pour boiled condensed milk. Using a mixer, beat the resulting mixture until smooth. As a rule, it takes no more than 5-7 minutes.

• The resulting cream is mixed with crumbled cookies. It is necessary to achieve a uniform consistency without lumps.
• Then take a baking dish of the right size and cover it with a plastic film. Half of the previously obtained mass carefully put on the bottom of the form. Lightly apply it using a spoon or silicone spatula.

• Top with banana pulp, pre-cut into slices. It is desirable that the thickness of one circle does not exceed 3-5 millimeters.
• Next, cover the bananas with the remaining layer of condensed milk and biscuits. Tamp the top layer well.
• Put the cake in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours. During this time, the layers of dessert will get a more condensed form. After this time, you can start decorating a banana cake with berries, coconut chips and other fruits.

The following banana dessert involves the use of all your favorite chocolate. This is a fairly quick recipe, which also does not require any deep knowledge and skills in the field of cooking.Bananas in chocolate are perfect for a children's party or as a snack to champagne at an evening event. The total cooking time for dessert is no more than 30 minutes. From the ingredients you need to acquire 4 bananas, one bar of dark chocolate, 40 ml of low-fat cream, a bag of confectionery powder. For this dish there are no strict recommendations on the choice of bananas.

The only thing you need is to freeze them slightly for better fixation on the canapé skewers. In the absence of cream, adopt the milk, which is always in the fridge. It will need about 30 ml. Powder dressing is desirable to carry out the top. When dipping a banana canapé, there is a chance of seriously spoiling the chocolate icing.

Let's start cooking.

• Break a bitter chocolate bar into several pieces and place them in a small saucepan. Pour the required amount of cream or milk. Set the burner to the lowest power. With constant stirring, wait for the formation of a homogeneous consistency. As a rule, it does not take more than 8-10 minutes. In no case should the mass boil. Remove the resulting chocolate icing from the stove and set aside to cool it.
• Slightly freeze slightly peeled bananas and cut them into small pieces. Put each slice on a canape skewer. Slipping off skewers indicates that the fruit is not sufficiently frozen. In this case, you must re-send the banana slices to the freezer.

• Then each skewer with a sliced ​​banana is dipped in chocolate icing and fixed in a vertical position for 5-10 seconds. During this short period of time, excess chocolate will drain. For each skewer, prepare a separate glass in which you place the canapes. Remember that the finished banana slices should not touch each other.
• While the chocolate icing is not frozen, you can decorate the dessert with the help of confectionery powder. Sesame, finely chopped almonds or any other nut is also perfect. After 50 minutes, the icing will be firm and the banana dessert will be ready to eat.

Banana cocktail - one of the most delicious drinks. On a hot summer day, it will help you to cool off, and in the winter, it will compensate for the deficiency of vitamins in the body. Moreover, cocktails made from bananas are quite an effective way to push a child to use dairy products, for example, if he does not agree to eat yoghurt or curds. In essence, all milk-banana cocktails are prepared equally, only the ingredients change. As a rule, they are added berries or favorite spices cooking. The algorithm for the preparation of this drink is as follows.

To start, pick the most ripe fruit. On their skin should be specks of black. This is a characteristic feature of a ripe and sweet banana. Peel a few fruit and peel them with cold milk (about 500 ml). Thanks to the sweetness in the bananas, the taste of the cocktail can turn out to be sugary-sweet, so it is recommended to add a little cinnamon, which will slightly mute it. Then, the resulting mass is whipped with a mixer until a homogeneous consistency is formed.

It is hard to imagine, but from the usual bananas we can make quite tasty and spicy sauce served with meat. If you have long refused to purchase various sauces in supermarkets and prefer to cook them yourself at home, then there is one trick. When making homemade ketchup, try using bananas instead of tomatoes, while the recipe remains the same. You will be surprised how sweet fruit goes well with pasta and fish.

But back to the spicy banana sauce.This dressing is still somewhat exotic for the Russian-speaking population, but do not neglect the pleasure of eating meat with a banana sauce. So, you need to get:

• 2 onions;
• 2 bananas;
• 1 tablespoon 9% table vinegar;
• 2 tablespoons of soy sauce;
• 1 tablespoon of olive oil;
• hot chilli peppers;
• 3 garlic cloves;
• 20 g fresh ginger;
• 2 teaspoons of turmeric;
• a pinch of salt.

Banana and onions may be small in size, but in the case of pepper, give preference to the largest fruit. The important point is the right balance of tastes of banana and pepper. The latter should prevail. First you need to cut the banana pulp into circles of medium size, then the fruit is plentifully sprinkled with turmeric. The resulting mass is thoroughly kneaded using a regular tablespoon to obtain a puree consistency, after which the required amount of soy sauce is poured. Puree leave to infuse for a few minutes.

Meanwhile, the onions and chillies finely chopped. Garlic cloves are recommended to be passed through a special press. Ginger root is grated. Do not forget to peel it off, so the sauce will be more tender. Then the chopped ingredients are moved to a shallow pan and fried in olive oil for several minutes. All ingredients are fried until transparent onions. After that, a banana puree is added to the container and everything is gently mixed. The burner should be at minimum power. Cover with a saucepan when cooking the sauce is not necessary. The sauce is boiled for 15-20 minutes. It is recommended to mix it regularly so that it does not burn.

Two minutes before the end of cooking table vinegar is poured. While the sauce is hot, it is advisable not to get involved in the addition of salt. As a rule, there is enough added soy sauce. As soon as the banana sauce is slightly cooled, whip it with an immersion blender or a conventional mixer, bringing it to a uniform consistency.

Most experts in the field of cooking agree that it is advisable to use only ripe bananas for cooking fresh pastries. The fruit should be soft, and the skin should have dark spots. This indicates that the fruit is really ripe, and even, perhaps, slightly over-ripe. However, such bananas are perfect for baking.

The recipe for banana cookies is not so common on the territory of Russia, and only hostesses who are passionately keen on cooking prefer to cook it. However, there is nothing difficult in its preparation. Once you have tasted banana cookies, you probably want to enjoy them again. This pastry is perfect for herbal teas, warm cocoa and coffee.

So, from the ingredients you need to stock up 1 banana, 1 chicken egg, 2 tablespoons of flour, 120 g of butter, 2 tablespoons of granulated sugar, 1 tablespoon of honey, a bag of vanilla, half a teaspoon of baking soda and table vinegar. Let's start cooking.

• To begin, carefully beat a chicken egg using a mixer. Add sugar and a bag of vanilla to it. It is necessary to obtain a homogeneous consistency. As a rule, when using maximum power, this procedure does not take more than 2 minutes. To the resulting mass, add pre-warmed honey.

• Next, peel the banana and place it in the mixer bowl. Also at this stage, it is recommended to add baking soda with table vinegar. Beat all the ingredients for 2-3 minutes.
• Pre-melted butter is poured into the resulting mass in the mixer bowl. Everything is thoroughly mixed. During the operation of the mixer, flour is added in portions.
• The dough for banana cookies is ready. But first you need to knead it thoroughly. First, it is best done with a spoon, after which you can use your hands.

• Banana dough is laid out on cling film and sent to the freezer for 30 minutes. After the time has elapsed, the dough is gently rolled using a rolling pin. Pour a small amount of flour at the place of rolling, so you will avoid excessive sticking. Cookies are cut from the rolled dough. You can use special baking tins. And in case of their absence, take an ordinary glass and, turning it over, press down on the dough.

• Put the prepared cookies on a baking sheet, which is greased with a small amount of butter. The oven should have been heated to 180 degrees. Cookies are sent to the oven for 20 minutes.
• After the time, fragrant and tasty cookies are ready for use. Do not forget that baking should be cooled slightly before serving. Powdered sugar can be used as a powder.

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In the same way, a quick-roll casserole can be made from old bananas that no one wants to eat anymore. In this case, you need to reduce the amount of flour by 2 times and bake the dough, not dividing it into circles

If you have not tried banana ice cream, you should definitely do it. In addition to the fact that it is incredibly tasty, it is also very healthy. Due to the fact that this delicacy is prepared at home, you independently control the quality of the products used for this. The easiest recipe for banana ice cream contains only three ingredients: bananas (3 pieces), cocoa (tablespoon) and favorite kind of nuts (in any quantity).

First of all, the fruit must be slightly freeze. It is advisable to pre-peel them and place in a food container. When the fruits are sufficiently frozen, remove them from the freezer and chop them into small circles. Then place them in the mixer bowl and add the required amount of cocoa. Beat the mass until the bananas acquire the consistency of ice cream. At the end of the process, transfer the resulting delicacy to small plates and decorate with pre-chopped nuts.

Few people know that bananas can be made quite tasty jam, which can be enjoyed on cold winter days. Winter banana preparation is a very exotic dish for our country. No one is surprised berry jams and compotes. But to surprise your loved ones and friends with banana jam is quite possible. And it is prepared quite simply. From the ingredients you need only 3 ripe bananas, 200 g of granulated sugar and clean water.

So, to begin with, the fruits are peeled and cut into small circles. Sugar is poured into a deep pan with a thick bottom and brought to a golden hue with a minimum of power. Sugar should turn into liquid caramel. As soon as the granulated sugar reaches the desired consistency, boiling water is poured in and thoroughly mixed. Next you need to put shredded banana in the pan. The resulting mass is boiled at the minimum power of the burner to a uniform consistency. Cooked jam is laid out on pre-sterilized glass jars and sealed with the help of lids.

If you are a frequent guest of restaurants, then you probably already tried a chic banana dessert with cream. It melts in the mouth and leaves an unforgettable aftertaste. A similar dessert can be prepared independently at home. But for this you need a microwave or grill. So, on a special plate, designed for a microwave, laid out bananas in their skins. They must be thoroughly washed and make 2-3 incisions on the peel.

Each incision is coated with favorite jam or jam. An excellent choice is sour cranberry syrup. Then, in a separate bowl, beat two chicken proteins until a thick froth is formed. She needs to fill each fruit abundantly. After that, bananas are sent to the microwave for 6-8 minutes depending on the power of the equipment. During this time, whipped chicken protein will become even thicker and turn into a cream. Jam (or jam) soak the pulp of the fruit inside. As a result, you get a sweet dessert, which can be served with tea or coffee without milk.

The second option and its step by step preparation is simpler. This recipe does not involve the use of cream, but it does not make the dish less tasty. To make grilled bananas, you will need to stock up on 5 ripe fruits, 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil, 2 tablespoons of granulated sugar, a teaspoon of cinnamon. So that the fruit does not fall apart, it is recommended to fry it right in the skin.

Lubricate it with a small amount of vegetable oil and make a top notch along the entire fruit. Then place the fruit on the grill and fry for two minutes on both sides. The third time, fry, sprinkle sugar over the banana and wait until it is completely melted. After this dessert can be safely served. Do not forget to spice up the cinnamon dainties.

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