{"id":393,"date":"2001-09-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2001-09-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmentd.com\/blog\/393"},"modified":"2026-08-04T15:40:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T20:40:41","slug":"393","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmentd.com\/blog\/393","title":{"rendered":"Ice Cream &#8211; Banana &#8211; Alton Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>6 (approximately 2\u00bc LB) ripe, or just overripe bananas (peeled)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 TBS fresh squeezed lemon juice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00be C light corn syrup<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 vanilla bean (scraped) (or 1 TBS vanilla extract)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\u00bd C heavy cream<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Place the bananas in the freezer and freeze at least overnight.\u00a0 Remove the bananas from the freezer and allow to thaw for 45 minutes to 1 hour.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Place the bananas in the bowl of your food processor, along with the lemon juice, and process for 10 to 15 seconds.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add the corn syrup and vanilla bean seeds (or extract) and turn the processor on.\u00a0 Slowly pour in the heavy cream.\u00a0 Process until smooth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chill the mixture in the refrigerator until it reaches 40 degrees \u2014 approximately 3 to 4 hours.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Transfer the mixture to an ice cream maker and process according to the manufacturer&#8217;s instructions (typically 20 to 30 minutes).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Place the mixture in an airtight container and freeze for 3 to 6 hours before serving, overnight is better.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yields ~2 QT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yields ~2 QT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmentd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmentd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmentd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmentd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmentd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dmentd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2801,"href":"https:\/\/dmentd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393\/revisions\/2801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmentd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmentd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmentd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}