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  • Makes 1 quart

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. 

Get the scoop on what makes for great nice cream and find more recipes in our Beginner’s Guide to Nice Cream.

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

  1. 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.
  2. Serve immediately or transfer to a 1-qt. container and store in the freezer up to 1 week.

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John2 months ago
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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?

Forks Over Knives2 months ago
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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!

Beth2 months ago
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Could you substitute some avocado to reduce the banana flavor but keep the creamy consistency?

Forks Over Knives1 month ago
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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!

SteveO8 months ago
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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

Cat Bib1 year ago
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Can you suggest an alternative to bananas? I really don’t like them, and their flavor is very hard to mask

Janine Barclay4 months ago
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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.

Delite Fontenot1 year ago
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Are your nicecream recipes in ur FOK Cookbook?

Eric Santiago2 years ago
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I’m new at this….pray for me and my wife who is my official food & nice cream #1 taster!

Karin2 years ago
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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.

Alethea North-Williams & Children2 years ago
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Great

Becki Henderson2 years ago
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This is one of the tastier nice cream recipes available.

Cynthia Holmes2 years ago
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Looking forwar to giving this a try!!

joyce twombly doucette2 years ago
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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

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