New ideas for ripe bananas
I have four nicely ripe bananas on my counter - and kids who will only eat underripe bananas! That's OK, because they like banana bread too - only I am TIRED of banana bread.
Anyone have new ideas for what I could bake/make with these bananas? I have made banana cream pie and milkshakes with them - I guess I'm looking for something different in a baked good....
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18 Comments:
This is not really different, but I like to make it into banana nut muffins. Essentially banana bread in muffin form, maybe with a little more sugar. I'm not a fan of banana bread, but for some reason I'm okay when it is in muffin form. Don't ask why.
Couldn't you use it to make banana fosters? Or do those need firm bananas?
I also found this: http://www.my-cheesecake-recipes.com/Baked-Banana-Cheesecake.html
inothernews at 12:00PM on 02/21/09
This isn't really different either but the kids love it. Marachino Bug Bread,
just and ½ a cup of drained, chopped marachino cherries to the banana bread batter.
NanaJoie at 12:58PM on 02/21/09
I had a similar problem a few months back and found the following recipe. Never made it though - got sidetracked and ended up throwing out the eventually spoiled bananas. I also found a variation that used red curry paste instead of curry powder. If you make it, please post an update on how it turned out.
CHICKEN with BANANA CURRY SAUCE
Food & Wine Magazine
INGREDIENTS
2 large bananas, cut into pieces
2 tablespoons curry powder
2 teaspoons ground coriander
1 teaspoon dry mustard
3 tablespoons butter
Grated zest of 1 lime
4 teaspoons lime juice
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon fresh-ground black pepper
3/4 cup water, more if needed
4 bone-in chicken breasts (about 2 1/4 pounds in all), skin removed
1 tablespoon fresh chopped parsley (optional)
DIRECTIONS
Heat the oven to 450°. In a food processor or blender, puree the bananas, curry powder, coriander, dry mustard, butter, lime zest, lime juice, salt, pepper, and 1/4 cup of the water.
Make a few deep cuts in each chicken breast and put the breasts in a roasting pan. Pour the curry sauce over the chicken, making sure the sauce gets into the cuts. Roast in the bottom third of the oven until the chicken is just done, about 20 minutes.
Remove the roasting pan from the oven and remove the chicken breasts from the pan. There should be plenty of thick sauce in the bottom of the pan. Set the pan over moderate heat and whisk in the remaining 1/2 cup water. Continue to whisk until the sauce is heated through, adding more water if you want a thinner sauce. Serve the chicken breasts with the sauce over them. Sprinkle with parsley if you like.
The magazine recommends a chenin blanc or gewürtztraminer.
kjgibson at 12:59PM on 02/21/09
not baking, but... stick em in the freezer till you have enough to make bananna ice cream. mmmmmmmmmmm
nightmoon at 1:01PM on 02/21/09
Banana cakes are nice. Lighter.
Or, banana-oatmeal bars or cookies.
Banana ice cream. Probably the wrong season for that. But you could do a banana cream pie.
dbcurrie at 1:01PM on 02/21/09
These aren't baked goods, but what about banana pudding (try Paula Deen's) or freezing them for smoothies? Healthier than a milkshake, and just as tasty. Bananas foster is amazing, but I don't know if that's a great idea if they're really ripe & soft. Worth a shot, though. If you still want to bake, I'd look for a good Hummingbird cake recipe. Most of these have a cream cheese icing, which will make it a little different than a standard banana muffin/bread recipe.
kimberlymac at 1:49PM on 02/21/09
Banana brownies
Banana cookies
Banana pancakes or waffles
Chocolate banana bread
Banana custard
Slice and saute in some butter and brown sugar and put over ice cream
Eat them yourself bananas-foster style with lots of rum!
Banana orange cake
Slice, toss with lemon and put in a rice pudding, bread pudding or baked custard.
I second the keeping in the freezer part. I always toss in the odd banana as they get too ripe for me, and then just use them when I have enough for a goodie (though once frozen they get mushy and are best in baked goods)
I never ate very ripe bananas (still don't) and my parents would do the camping-dessert trick to get us to eat them. Still in the skin, slit them down the curved side and pry them open. If you like, slice up the banana a bit inside the skin, without cutting the skin anymore. Stuff with chocolate chips, marshmallows, nuts or other meltable goodies and wrap the whole thing in foil. Bake in the oven for about 20-25 minutes til warm and gooey. Serve still in the skin with a spoon to eat it. Most kids won't notice if the banana was a little too ripe.
sadiepix at 1:50PM on 02/21/09
I throw them in the freezer and use them as an ingredient in smoothies.
dmcavanagh at 2:03PM on 02/21/09
If I have just one, I usually mash it up and put it in pancake/waffle batter, sometimes adding mini chocolate chips if I want to make my daughter really happy.
karen r at 2:48PM on 02/21/09
Chocalate chip, banana muffins or cake. Hell make a Elvis sandwich.
pjracz10 at 6:08PM on 02/21/09
Yup - like so many others, I just keep a yogurt tub [or three] in the freezer labelled "nanners", and pull it out for protein shakes or baking or whatever. I've never seen an old 'nanner thrown away in this house.
Nursie at 6:19PM on 02/21/09
@sadiepix had some great ideas, but just to add:
-bake them in coconut in with some lime, ginger and honey/turbinado sugar
-combine with dried fruit, oatmeal and nuts in food processor, roll into balls or sausages and bake at 350 for 10 minutes
-Add the mash to a no-knead bread recipe
-Combine mashed banana, chemical leavening, whole wheat flour, and shredded coconut (plus some rum/allspice/dried fruit) for a fritter batter
-bread pudding
-substitute for 1/2 the fat in scones, cookies, muffins, ice creams, cakes, biscuits, etc.
-Banana 'gratins' http://www.maxmarchsteinman.com/?page_id=115
-combine banana mash, cinnamon, maple syrup and a splash of sherry vinegar, then fold in whipped cream for a 'banana mousse'
gouchermaxms at 7:15PM on 02/21/09
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Apple-Banana-Cupcakes/Detail.aspx
the apple makes the banana not as strong a flavor - they're just yummy super moist muffins
ansate at 9:55PM on 02/21/09
Banana maple frozen yogurt
2 rice bananas
16 oz maple yogurt (I use Brown Cow Cream Top)
1 tsp vanilla
Put all the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
Add to an ice cream maker and follow manufactures instructions.
When it’s done, serve soft, or put it in the freezer for another 30 minutes to make it firmer.
watchforbears at 12:58AM on 02/22/09
Call me crazy, but I like bananas in my spicy Brazilian black bean soup.
annatr at 12:41PM on 02/22/09
Ooh, also banana-cheese empanadas.
annatr at 12:42PM on 02/22/09
Here's a recipe for Frozen Velvet:
4 bananas,peeled and mashed
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 9 oz. container Cool Whip
Mix bananas with buttermilk, sugar, and vanilla in medium bowl.
Freeze until mixture thickens slightly. Fold in Cool Whip, return to freezer
until frozen. Remove from freezer and allow to soften before serving.
angelajd at 4:02PM on 02/22/09
Can you dunk them in chocolate and freeze em?
sweethunibabi at 12:08AM on 02/23/09