Licuado de banana
Banana milk shake
Licuado de banana: blended banana and milk shake for breakfast or a café break
Order a licuado in any Argentine café or bar and you will get a tall glass of fruit blended with milk (con leche) or water (con agua), and banana with milk is the one nearly everyone grows up on. It is breakfast for teenagers in a hurry, a merienda with tostados, and the drink parents in Buenos Aires make when the fruit bowl has spotty bananas. It should be thick, cold and smooth, with a light froth, sweet mainly from ripe fruit. Using under-ripe bananas is the mistake: they taste chalky and need lots of sugar, so wait for brown freckles. Chef's tip: slice and freeze the bananas the night before and you can skip the ice; the shake comes out colder and thicker without being watered down.
- Total time
- 5 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 2
Ingredients
- 2 ripe bananasfreckled, peeled and sliced
- 1 ¾ cups cold whole milk
- 1 tbsp sugaror honey, to taste
- ½ tsp vanilla extract (optional)
- 4 ice cubes
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Method
0/3 doneStep 1: Put 2 ripe bananas, 1 ¾ cups cold whole milk, 1 tbsp sugar, ½ tsp vanilla extract and 4 ice cubes in a blender.
Step 2: Blend on high for 45–60 seconds, until completely smooth and frothy on top.
Step 3: Taste, adding a little more sugar if needed, and pour into two tall glasses. Drink at once, before the banana starts to brown.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 230 kcal
- Protein
- 8 g
- Carbs
- 40 g
- Fat
- 5 g
- Fibre
- 3 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does licuado de banana take?
- About 5 minutes in total.
- How many people does it serve?
- 2 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- Is it gluten free?
- Yes, as written. Check the labels on stock, sauces and spice mixes, which sometimes contain gluten.
- What can I use instead of ripe bananas?
- Mango, same weight (in smoothies and shakes).
- What can I use instead of cold whole milk?
- Semi-skimmed milk with 1 tbsp cream per 240ml (1 cup).
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