5 Curious Recipes To Take Advantage Of The Last Fruit

Many people, especially children, do not like to eat the stale fruit, that is, when it is too ripe.

However, it is a time when the fruit is at its peak of sweetness and creaminess, which makes it the ideal ingredient for many recipes.

In this article we propose 6 simple and healthy ways to take advantage of the old fruit to surprise the whole family.

1. Sponge cake with stale fruit

When making a recipe with stale fruit, we will never present it like this. However, it is one of the best options to take advantage of it, since it will give the cake more sweetness and will allow us to use less sugar, which is not too healthy.

It will also add a lot of juiciness and will prevent the cake from being dry.

The most recommended fruits to use in cakes are bananas, apples, peaches, apricots, strawberries, mangoes and plums. We must avoid those that contain too much water.

According to our tastes we can crush them completely with the blender, or leave some larger pieces.

2. Nutritious shakes

Smoothies are the perfect solution for a quick and healthy breakfast or snack. In addition, all our guests will like it, since we can add the ingredients we want to give it different touches of flavor (such as cocoa, cinnamon, vanilla, etc.)

Among other ideas and combinations, you can enjoy the following shakes:

• Banana and cocoa, very energetic.
• Apple and cinnamon, sweet and tasty.
• Strawberry and vanilla, smooth and delicate.
• Pear and ginger, refreshing and purifying.
• Mango and avocado, tropical and nutritious.

The shakes also allow us to add ingredients with medicinal properties that will go almost unnoticed, such as spinach leaves, brewer’s yeast, maca, pollen, wheat germ or extra virgin coconut oil.

Unlike blended juices, shakes provide us with a good amount of fiber and are very satiating.

3. Jellies with agar agar

Jellies are a very healthy dessert. However, those that are sold already prepared usually contain a large amount of white sugar or sweeteners, colorings, preservatives, etc.

It is much healthier and more natural to prepare them at home with the old fruit that no one wants to eat.

For this, we propose to use as a base agar agar, a gelatin of vegetable origin, since it is a very beneficial algae for our digestive system.

How do we prepare them?

• We must dissolve the agar agar (10 g for each liter of liquid) in cold water, mix it with the ingredients we have chosen and put it on the fire.
• We will let it all boil for a minute, without stopping stirring. Next, we will put it in the containers that we want where we will let it cool.
• When it is warm, we can keep it in the fridge so that it finishes curdling.

4. Healthy ice cream

Who doesn’t like ice cream? The problem is the same as with jellies. They usually have many unhealthy ingredients that we could do without if we prepared them at home.

In addition, fruit ice creams, even if they are old fruit, make this dessert a healthy alternative to have from time to time without regrets.

• The base of the ice creams will always be milk cream, the ingredient that will provide the creaminess to the ice cream.
• We can also play with consistent fruits such as avocado or banana to give body to the ice cream while reducing the amount of cream.
• We only need to add the sweetener (brown sugar, cane honey, honey, etc.). In addition to the ingredients that we want to include: pieces of fruit, nuts, chocolate, essences, etc.

5. Sauces for sweet and savory

The old fruit allows us to make sweet sauces to accompany cakes, crepes or waffles, but also sauces with a salty touch, like chutney, to accompany meats.

The chutney is a type of sauce Indian cuisine in which fruits are mixed as mango, coconut, orange or apple juice with other ingredients like garlic, curry, mint, lime, cinnamon, mustard, ginger , coriander, fenugreek or tamarind.

The result is a mixture of surprising flavors that offer a meat dish that is much more original and digestive.