Banana ice cream base

A simple, clean, premium banana ice cream base made with steeped overripe bananas and turbinado sugar.

Tasting notes

For this iteration I used frozen bananas and steeped for ~12 hours, which imparted a strong banana flavor that I was very happy with. It was scoopable directly from the freezer, did not melt quickly, and had a great clean texture. Overall very happy with this base and the flavor will pair well with additional flavors.

1. Microwave chunks of frozen bananas until warm and remove the excess water
2. Sprinkle bananas with a small amount of brown sugar (optional) and roast in the oven at 350F for 20 minutes
3. While the bananas are roasting, mix the dry ingredients
4. Whisk dry ingredients into milk and blend until smooth
5. Add in cream, vanilla extract, and bananas
6. Transfer to fridge and let bananas steep for 12-24 hours
7. Filter the bananas out with a fine mesh strainer
8. Churn
9. Transfer to freezer to harden for at least 4 hours