TIP OF THE DAY: Things To Do With Overripe Bananas
 Dolce de bananas becomes a banana toffee pie. Here’s the recipe. Photo courtesy OurBestBites.com. |
We went overboard at Trader Joe’s, buying too many bananas with the thought that we’d eat one or two each day. You can guess the outcome: a lot of overripe bananas.
So we headed to our mental archive of delicious things to make with overripe bananas:
Dolce de bananas (in Italian) or dulce de bananas (in Spanish) is a type of banana pudding. Some recipes are “wet”—the consistency of American chocolate pudding—or “dry,” like a bread pudding. |
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Here’s a basic “wet” pudding recipe from Dole, which slow-cooks the overripe bananas into a pudding consistency. Unlike American puddings, it uses no dairy. The recipe makes 4 servings. Prep time 15 minutes, cook time: 3 hours. RECIPE: DOLCE DE BANANAS or DULCE DE BANANAS or BANANA PUDDING Ingredients |
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Preparation
1. COMBINE all ingredients in a saucepan. 2. COOK slowly over low heat for 3 hours. If the mixture becomes too thick, thin with a little water. 3. COOL for 10 minutes. Garnish as desired; serve. Dolce De Bananas Pie. Blogger Kate from OurBestBites.com fills a chocolate cookie pie crust with her own recipe for dolce de bananas, using sweetened condensed milk and cream, plus brown sugar, cream cheese and toffee chocolate bars. She calls it a “naughty, naughty pie that should only be eaten once a year.” |
 Pretty ripe but not really overripe (those bananas aren’t as pretty). Photo courtesy BakingLibrary.Blogspot. |
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But you can throw caution to the wind and have it more frequently. Here‘s the recipe. Banana Chocolate Cake. This recipe, from BakingLibrary.com, turns those overripe bananas into a delicious cake. Bananas & Sour Cream. One of our favorite childhood treats with ripe—but not overripe—bananas: Top them with sour cream and brown sugar. We still love this in adulthood. Try it for dessert or a snack. Mash the bananas and freeze them in cup or half-cup portions, in airtight containers. You can add the frozen bananas into a milkshake or smoothie when the mood strikes. Or, blend in some sweetener and freeze the mashed banana in ice pop molds. |
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