Ninja Creami Banana Froyo

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Banana froyo being scooped from the Ninja Creami pot

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It is effortless to whip up this quick and creamy banana frozen yogurt in your Ninja Creami. It is the perfect way to turn ripe bananas into a creamy treat that is delicious for breakfast.

With just yogurt, banana, maple syrup and a hint of vanilla with no processed ingredients. Endlessly customisable with your favourite mix-ins.

Servings:

Author: Helen Best-Shaw

Prep Time10

Freezing1

Total Time1 10

Equipment

Ninja Creami

Ingredients

2 bananas - 1
½ tsp vanilla
1 tbsp maple syrup - 2
280 g Greek style natural yoghurt - 3

Optional

¼ cup milk kefir - 4

Instructions

Prep the fruit – Add the peeled bananas, maple syrup and vanilla to the ninja pot.
Give it all a mash with a fork to squash the banana.
2 bananas, ½ tsp vanilla, 1 tbsp maple syrup
Add the yoghurt (depending on the size of your bananas you may need a little more or less) up to the max fill line. Use a spatula to mix the banana mixture and yoghurt together so the fruit is completely surrounded by the yoghurt.
You do not need to blend as the yoghurt is thick enough to stop any pieces of fruit sinking to the bottom.
Freeze until solid; this can take overnight or up to 24 hours depending on your freezer.
280 g Greek style natural yoghurt
Check for humps - If the mixture has developed a hump or bump in the middle scrape with a spoon so it is flat.
* Freezing with the lid off can help to stop humps forming. Different recipes and freezers can different sized humps to form. If your mixture always forms a large hump as it freezes give it a stir after the first hour in the freezer.
Do not spin a mixture that has a large hump, without flattening it first. You may damage your machine.
Process - Put the container in the machine and spin – with the regular Creami (the NC300) I have found that the light ice cream cycle gives the best results.
Respin if needed.

Notes

Banana - ripe, but not overripe bananas. You don't want them to be black. About 200g
Maple syrup - optional but adds some sweetness, flavour and improves the texture of the final froyo. You could also use honey or golden syrup.
Vanilla paste - or extract. Adds to the flavour. Don't use artificial vanilla essence.
Yoghurt – For the best results use a thick creamy Greek style natural yoghurt. I prefer full fat.
Optional - substitute up to 1/4 of a cup of the yoghurt with milk kefir.

Hints and Tips

This recipe is for the regular NC300 Ninja Creami, with (American) pint pots. For the Deluxe model use 1.5X the ingredients.
Make sure the mixture is completely frozen before processing.
If you add some banana slice as additions using the mix-in function, then any re-spinning of the froyo will blend them completely.
Smooth the surface of any leftover froyo before returning to the freezer.
To enjoy a half empty pot: either just let it thaw slightly or process again with the light ice cream function. You must not the re-spin function on a solid mixture. Or, you can add about 2 teaspoons vegetable, food grade glycerine into the mixture so it is scoopable from the freezer. Experiment to perfect quantities.

Variations

Add in 1/4 cup (4 tablespoons) of chocolate spread or peanut butter.

• Please note that the nutrition information provided below is approximate and meant as a guideline only.

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