In the pantry · 14 uses
banana
Sugar and body — it thickens as it sweetens, which is why it stands in for cream so often. The black-skinned ones are the good ones; a firm yellow banana has almost nothing to give.
11
dishes and drinks that need it
3
more where it is worth adding
82%
of those are under 30 min
What it is usually standing next to
Sugar turns up alongside it in about 45% of them, which is a strong lean rather than a rule.
Counted off required ingredients across the whole library. A companion listed here is one these dishes are built from, not one we are recommending.
If you have twenty minutes
Built on it · 11
Take it out and the dish is something else. Fastest first.
Worth adding · 3
These work without it. They work better with it.