If you want to prevent the banana you have bought from ripening at full speed, keep the following tips in mind.
them at the right time
Pick them without bumps or bruises and very firm. And keep in mind that the brown spots or spots on the banana skin do not affect its quality. In addition, he thinks that it is better less quantity and to do it more frequently, than many at once and risk spoiling.
Save them correctly
In many cases, the fault that we throw away so much fruit is that we do not know how to store it. In the case of the banana, leave it in a cool place. If you keep them in the fridge, wrap them in newspaper to prevent them from turning black.
Keep them longer
If, in addition, you want to delay their maturation and thus make them last longer, do not separate them; Leave them in their cluster and cover the tip of the same with several turns of kitchen film, since this is the point where the banana begins to ripen.
Don't mix it up. Try to keep the banana away from other fruits that produce ethylene, such as apples, which makes nearby fruits ripen faster.
And if despite this he matures …
If, due to its texture or its color, you no longer want to eat it like fruit, you can make a delicious ice cream very low in calories. You just have to freeze it in pieces and then beat it. It does not need sugar because the very ripeness of the banana already gives it enough sweetness. You can enrich it with cinnamon or cocoa powder.
Another way to use the banana is in smoothies, with other fruits, yogurt, milk and sweetened to your liking.
Very ripe banana is also ideal for making banana bread, a very typical recipe from the United States that consists of making a sponge cake to which the ripe pulp of the banana is added and enriched with walnuts.
