Lemon pulp and zest give this sorbet-like dessert a zing without making the base too watery. For best results, choose bananas that aren’t too ripe so their flavor doesn't compete with the lemony flavor.
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Ingredients
- 1 lemon, zested and halved, plus more lemon juice if needed
- 3 cups frozen banana pieces (3 large bananas)
- 1 cup frozen sliced or halved strawberries
Instructions
- Place 2 tsp. lemon zest in a high-speed blender or food processor. Scoop pulp out of each lemon half (the way you would eat a grapefruit) and add to the zest with banana pieces and strawberries. Pulse on low to medium-low until crumbly, stopping and scraping down sides once or twice. Blend continuously 30 seconds to 1 minute or until smooth and creamy, adding more lemon juice if needed.
- Serve immediately or transfer to a 1-qt. container and store in the freezer up to 1 week.
Nutritional Information:
Per serving (1 cup), 111 calories, 29 g carbohydrates, 1.6 g protein, 0.5 g total fat, 0.1 g saturated fat, 2 mg sodium, 4.1 g fiber, 15 g sugar
Note: Nutritional information is provided as an estimate only.
Easy and very tasty! Might try adding some cooked rhubarb next time. Yummy.
How do you store this in the freezer…..what kind of container?
Hi Dawn,
Any freezer-safe, airtight container would work. We like these glass Rubbermaid ones: https://www.target.com/p/rubbermaid-6pc-brilliance-glass-food-storage-containers-4-7-cup-food-containers-with-lids/-/A-80632424
Hope this helps!
Thank you,
Courtney
Editor, Forks Over Knives
i’m confused when it says scoop pulp out of lemon. do you mean scoop the lemon out? do you mean scoop the lemon out?
Hi John,
Yes, after zesting the peel you scoop out the inside of the lemon and add it to the blender with the other ingredients. The zest and the pulp go in, but be sure to leave out the thick peel otherwise the nice cream will become bitter. Let us know how it goes for you!
Could you substitute some avocado to reduce the banana flavor but keep the creamy consistency?
Hi Beth,
You could do that, but it will raise the fat content of the recipe and likely make it a more brown color instead of a pretty pink color. So as long as you’re okay with that, give it a try and let us know how it goes!
Made this recipe today, used 3 bananas, some frozen berries, the zest of 1 lemon and the juice of half a lemon. Will make it again
Can you suggest an alternative to bananas? I really don’t like them, and their flavor is very hard to mask
I find if you don’t use bananas it tastes like sorbet instead of ice cream. Banana gives it a creamy texture. You can cut the banana down to one and increase the strawberries if like sorbet.
Are your nicecream recipes in ur FOK Cookbook?
I’m new at this….pray for me and my wife who is my official food & nice cream #1 taster!
This was super successful! So delicious. The texture was amazing. we and our dinner guests enjoyed it very much!! Will be repeating this treat again this summer.
Great
This is one of the tastier nice cream recipes available.
Looking forwar to giving this a try!!
sometimes when it’s hot outside we like to make these icy concoctions and it’s not like there is anything tastier than bananas and strawberries anyhow. lemon zest is great