Nicecream - the easiest ice cream in the world

Chocolate Nicecream with caramelized nuts and wafer

Vegan, fast and without sugar

Do you want to make ice cream quickly and easily? Then you should try Nicecream. You need just three things: bananas, a freezer and a blender.

For several years, the fan base has been growing steadily. Especially when it fast should go and be healthy, will for children likes to prepare nicecream. The base is usually frozen bananas, which can be modified by adding various ingredients. Since bananas are inherently sweet and creamy, the preparation of Ice cream without the addition of sugar, milk or cream possible. So a vegan, lactose-free and healthy alternative to conventional ice cream.

1. basic recipe

The ripeness of a banana can be recognized by the brown spots

The basic recipe is so simple, nothing at all can go wrong. Take very ripe bananas, cut them into pieces and freeze them. It's best to always have a small supply of banana chunks in the freezer, and you can make ice cream anytime you feel like it in just 10 minutes. The bananas can be previously slightly thaw and puree them then. This works best with a powerful blender but also any blender can be used.

2. preparation nicecream step by step

Peel ripe bananas (1 banana per serving) and cut into cut into slices about 2 cm thick. Place slices in a bag or can and freeze overnight or for at least 4 hours.
Allow the banana pieces to thaw at room temperature for approx. Allow to thaw for 5-10 minutes.
Blend the slices in a stand mixer, Thermomix or with a Blender for a few minutes until the mixture reaches a creamy consistency. reaches.

In a powerful blender, the ice cream is ready in minutes.

This basic recipe can now be pimped with whatever you have on hand. The classic are chocolate sprinkles, flaked almonds or Coconut flakes*. But also Chia seeds* or puffed rice* make great toppings.

Nuts and coconut flakes are a good topping.

3. tips

The riper and more aromatic the fruit, the tastier the ice cream. With bananas you can recognize the ripeness very well by the color (beautiful, rich yellow and many brown dots).
If the bananas are not yet ripe enough and therefore have not yet developed as much sweetness, you can add a bit of Honey* or Maple syrup* help up.
You can vary the Nicecream with other fruits. To do this, it is best to freeze all fruits or alternatively use at least refrigerated.

Banana and blueberries make a delicious variation on the Nicecream

You should always have a small supply of frozen bananas or fruits in the freezer, then nothing stands in the way of immediate enjoyment.
When blending, do not work at too high a speed, otherwise too much heat will be generated and the ice cream will turn into lukewarm fruit slush in places.
If it does not want to work with the mixing times so, you can also add a little more liquid. However, you have to make sure that it is not too much and it becomes more of a banana shake than an ice cream.
Nicecream tastes best when freshly prepared. Therefore, it should not be re-frozen, but consumed to the last remnant.

4. one word at the end

Nicecream is often advertised as a healthy alternative. However, one should always be aware that fruits and especially ripe bananas contain much Fructose contained.

Here as an overview the average
Composition of a banana with 100 g:
22,8 g of carbohydrates
2.6 g dietary fibre
1,1 g protein
0,3 g fat

With this you take with you a portion of ice cream approx. 90 kcal to itself. This should not stop you from enjoying your Nicecream, because in fruits are of course also many healthy constituents. One should, as always in life, simply find the right measure.

For me personally Nicecream not a full-fledged ice cream substitute. As I said, that's my opinion and I know enough people who are fans. It's certainly a quick and easy way to make an ice cream-like vegan dessert, and it's also great for kids. But at the end of the day, Nicecream is a puree of frozen fruit. Quite tasty, but from the taste complexity and consistency can not be compared with a real ice cream.

5. variants of the Nicecream

Here are a few more suggestions on how to get your Nicecream with other fruits can vary. In general, there are no limits to the possible combinations. You should only make sure that the Ratio of banana to other fruits approx. 2:1 so that the creamy consistency is maintained. This means to 200 g of banana you should give a maximum of 100 g of other fruits.

Recipes to vary

Blueberry or blueberry nicecream

2 bananas (approx. 200g)
100 g blueberries
100 ml almond milk
Topping: flaked almonds or coconut flakes

Blueberry Nicecream with coconut flakes as topping

Raspberry Nicecream

2 bananas (approx. 200 g)
80 g raspberries
optionally some milk (cow's milk, soy milk, almond milk, ...)
some Maple syrup*

Mango Nicecream

2 bananas (approx. 200g)
100 g mango puree (e.g. from the Asian store) alternatively 1 mango
Dash of lime juice
For those who like to experiment: add a little ginger
Topping: Coconut Flakes

Strawberry Nicecream

2 bananas (approx. 200g)
100 g strawberries
Dash of lime juice

Chocolate Nicecream

2 bananas (approx. 200 g)
2 TBSP. Cocoa powder*
100 g water or milk (cow's milk, soy milk, almond milk, ...)
1 Date*
Topping: Chocolate grater

Nicecream christmassy

2 bananas (approx. 200g)
100 g almond milk
½ TL Gingerbread spice* or Cinnamon powder* or Speculoos spice*
1 date

Other vegan ice cream varieties are almost as easy to manufacture. For example, you can make a very tasty vegan orange ice cream conjure up a vegan reduced sugar vanilla ice cream or fluffy basil parfait.

If you are looking for quick and easy recipes, I can recommend my Lightning recipe for peach ice cream or Frozen yogurt with cherry ice cream recommend.