Three ingredients, six minutes, done. Banana milk with the Thermomix® is one of those recipes where the only real decision comes before you switch it on: fresh or frozen bananas. The answer determines whether you get a drink or a shake.
Banana Milk with the Thermomix®
Ingredients 0 / 4 ✓
- 4 bananas
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp vanilla sugar
- 1 Liter milk cold
Instructions 0 / 3
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1
Peel the bananas.
Peel the bananas and add them in pieces to the mixing bowl.
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Blend the banana milk.
Add the lemon juice and vanilla sugar and blend for 8 seconds / speed 8.
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Mix and serve.
Add the milk, blend for 10 seconds / speed 10, pour into glasses and serve immediately.
Tip: Depending on your taste and the ripeness of the bananas, you can increase the amount of vanilla sugar.
Nutrition per serving
Fresh or frozen: what the difference means
Fresh bananas give you a liquid banana milk that drinks easily from a glass. Frozen banana pieces turn it into something closer to a banana milkshake: thicker, colder, creamier. If you know the consistency you want, decide at the freezing stage rather than at the Thermomix®.
We routinely freeze overripe bananas before they go brown in the fruit bowl. Peel, slice, put in a container. That way there is always a base for banana milk without needing to buy more. In the freezer they keep for several weeks.
Why the ripeness of the banana matters
The riper the banana, the sweeter the milk. The starch in the fruit converts to sugar as it ripens. With very ripe bananas that have brown spots on the skin, the vanilla sugar in the recipe card is plenty. If you have a firmer, younger banana, use a full tablespoon. We recommend blending first, tasting, and only then adding more sweetness.
The lemon juice in the recipe has a specific job: it stops the finished banana milk from turning brown through oxidation. One tablespoon is enough, and the flavour stays neutral.
Any leftovers can be frozen in ice cube trays. As a base for banana ice cream with the Thermomix®, those banana milk cubes work really well. Banana milk itself should always be drunk fresh as it separates after about 30 minutes.
Frothy rather than flat: the technique in the Thermomix®
For banana milk that is genuinely light and frothy rather than flat in the glass, two details matter. First: cold milk straight from the fridge. Warm or room-temperature milk foams much less well. Second: the order of ingredients in the mixing bowl. Start with the banana pieces, then the lemon juice, then the vanilla sugar, and add the cold milk last. This lets the blade break down the fruit cleanly before the liquid goes in, and the foam builds only in the final seconds at speed 7. If you want it even airier, add three or four ice cubes at the end and blend for five more seconds. Pour and serve immediately, as the foam collapses quickly.
Goes well with: muesli, pancakes and waffles.
Also pairs nicely with: Golden Milk with the Thermomix®.
