A delicious dairy, gluten and refined sugar free festive Gingerbread Ice Cream. The perfect snack for the Christmas season!
This month I have teamed up with some fantastic UK family and kids food bloggers to bring you a whole host of festive recipes perfect for anyone catering for family or friends with allergies this Christmas.
We’re aiming to show you that “free from” doesn’t have to be boring or overly complicated either!
My fellow #FreeFromChristmas gang are:
- cereals containing gluten: wheat, rye, barley, oats (if not gluten-free),
- dairy,
- eggs,
- soya,
- lupin,
- sesame,
- celery and celeriac,
- sulphites,
- mustard,
- fish,
- tree nuts (almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, cashews, pecans, brazils, pistachios, macadamia nuts),
- peanuts,
- molluscs,
- crustaceans
My recipe which is free from all of these allergens is this Gingerbread “Nana” Ice Cream!
Nana ice cream is a big hit in my house. It’s so easy to make with just a few frozen bananas and can then be customized with loads of different flavours and variations.
I decided to make a very festive ice cream this year by adding some tasty gingerbread flavours with nutmeg, ginger and cinnamon.
I also added some whipped coconut cream to the top and some grated chocolate to finish it off. Delicious!
This ice cream is perfect to serve up to kids at your Christmas party and will probably go down well with the adults too.
And as a bonus its super healthy, the perfect antidote to all those christmas sweets and desserts!
Roast carrot & cumin dip and breadsticks from The Free From Fairy
The Intolerant Gourmand’s cranberry crumble bars
A tear ‘n’ share Christmas tree from Free From Farmhouse
Delicious Chilli Lime Chicken Skewers from Cherished by Me
Gingerbread Ice Cream {Free From Christmas}
Prep Time: 7 hours- Total Time: 7 hours
Yield: 3-4 1x
Category: Dessert
Cuisine: European
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A delicious dairy, gluten and refined sugar free festive Gingerbread Ice Cream. The perfect snack for the Christmas season!
Ingredients
- 4 bananas
- dash of water
- ⅛ tsp grated nutmeg
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
- optional: whipped coconut cream and dairy free chocolate shavings to top
Instructions
- Cut the bananas into slices, place in a freezer bag and freeze for 6-7 hours or overnight.
- Put the bananas into a food processor with a few small spoons of water and blitz until they have broken down to ice cream consistency. Add more water if required but be careful not to over-process.
- Add the nutmeg, ginger and cinnamon and blitz again for a few seconds.
- Serve immediately with whipped coconut cream and chocolate shavings or transfer into a dish and freeze to serve later.
Mags says
We love anything gingerbread so definitely trying this! Will probably will just make in the summer time as it looks too good just to save for Christmas!!!
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Melinda says
No dairy allergies here fortunately so would it be ok to use cream instead of water (to give a creamier consistency)? Looks gorgeous can’t wait to try!
Ciara Attwell says
Hi Melinda, absolutely. Milk or cream would be really good!
Cherished By Me says
Love it! What a simple but really great idea, definitely going to be trying this myself. And free from…brilliant
Ciara Attwell says
Thank you Nova! x
joanne harding says
This is genius! I love it. Going to make it for the big kid in my life, Mr B. Gorgeous pic too. My spoon is chomping at the bit to try this. Jo x
Ciara Attwell says
Thank you Jo. I hope he likes it!!
Mel says
We love ‘nana’ ice cream too here! I have never ever thought of adding spices to it. You’re a genius! I’ll definitely give it a go. The kiddos will love that. Stunning photos, as always. x
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Ciara Attwell says
Thank you Mel. I hope you all love it!
Renee @ mummytries says
We’re huge fans of nana ice cream here too! This sounds fab, so simple but Christmassy and delicious 🙂
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Ciara Attwell says
Thanks Renee! x
Vicki Montague says
Ooo I LOVE this idea! I adore nana ice-cream…if fact I live on it when I’m trying my hardest not to cave in to something with sugar in. But I’ve never tried making a gingerbread version. It’s always banana or chocolate here…but today it will be gingerbread! Thanks for giving me the idea.
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Ciara Attwell says
I thought it might be nice to make a more festive variation for a change. Hope you like it!