Using up ripe bananas?

[EmeraldIce]

Help, I've a silly number of very ripe bananas . Please inspire me with ideas of how to use them up. If your suggestions are dairy and gluten free, then all the better . Thanks.

Banana cake. Smoothies. I'm sure you can find gluten / dairy free recipes. Grill / barbecue them and drizzle/ drown in Nutella.

They can be frozen and used for cooking - look horrendous when defrosted, but taste the same.

Banana pancakes?

Just made GF banana bread today

Used 3 large ripe bananas, 3 eggs, 80g ground almonds, 100g GF flour, 100g oats, tea soaked sultanas, walnuts, cinnamon, mixed spice, nutmeg and a couple of table spoons of full fat yoghurt. It's quite a dense cake but tasty.

You can make a great fake ice cream. Just freeze the banana without peeling. Then defrost a little to peel off the skin. Then blitz with a stick bender until smooth. It tastes creamy and my son loves it.

Nigel Slater has a good banana ice-cream recipe - I think it is just bananas, sugar and cream - absolutely delicious! Alternatively, how about a banoffee pie?

Banana daiquiri! :)

Ripe bananas are very perfect for banana cake or banana loaf/bread.

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs, beaten
2 1/3 cups mashed overripe bananas

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.

I was going to say banana and cardamum bread or banana and apple tea loaf.

Both very acceptable. I freeze them too. Look like big poos and a bit watery but fine for baking with later.