Sopapilla With Ice Cream: A Delicious Frozen Dessert
Sopapilla is crispy fried golden-brown pastries that can be eaten with different flavoured ice cream. It has quite a rich history, and it is believed that it originated 200 years ago in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Equipment
- 1 Microwave
- 1 Large-size Frying Pan
- 1 Serving Plates
- 1 Paper Towels
- 1 Large-sized Bowl
Ingredients
For the Ice Cream:
- 2 cups crushed or chopped fresh fruits
- 2 cup vanilla flavour As per needed
For Sopapillas:
- 2 tablespoons of salt
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- Vegetable oil
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¾ cup hot water
Chocolate Drizzle (Optional):
- 2 tablespoon Butter
- ½ cups chopped chocolate or chocolate chip
Instructions
For Making Sopapilla:
- Combine all the Ingredients: In a large bowl, mix all the ingredients, such as baking powder, salt, and all-purpose flour. It is best to use your clean hands to mix all the ingredients thoroughly after adding the shortening.
- Add Warm Water: Slowly pour the warm water and mix until a smooth and desired consistency is obtained for making a soft dough. Cover it with a clean towel, napkin, plastic, or cloth and let it be at least 10-15 minutes. This extra time of setting will allow the gluten to develop and make it easier to roll out and form sopapilla.
- Divide the Dough: Cut the soft dough into a small-sized round ball. Try to roll out every ball into oval-shaped balls, almost ⅛ inch in size. If you prefer, you can make square-shaped sopapillas too; by the way, I like the oval shape more.
- Fry the Sopapilla: Heavy a large pan on low-medium heat and add vegetable oil for frying. Fry all the sopapillas one by one; remember, do not add all of them at a time. If you do so, they can be burned, or don’t fry thoroughly.
- When turning golden brown, turn the side and repeat the process with all the sopapilla balls. It takes approximately 1-2 minutes to fry each side. To withdraw all the extra oil from them, put them on absorbing paper.
- Put them in a Microwave: To keep them warm and fresh while frying the sopapillas, keep them in the low-temperature microwave until ready to eat.
For Making Honey Sopapilla Ice Cream:
- Soften the Vanilla Ice Cream: First, let the vanilla ice cream soften at room temperature for some minutes.
- Mixed Chopped Fruits: Mix the chopped fresh fruits in the vanilla ice cream, making sure they are evenly distributed in the ice cream. You can add your favourite fruits to your sopapilla with an ice cream recipe, I choose strawberries and pineapples.
- Put it in the Freezer: Put the vanilla ice cream with chopped fruits back in the freezer to stiffen.
For the Chocolate Drizzle:
- Melt Chocolate: In a frying pan or in the microwave, melt the chocolate chip, but if you don’t like the melted chocolate, you can use crunched chocolate as such. But if you prefer melted one, remember to whisk completely for best results.
- Serve: Put the warm and fresh sopapillas on serving plates and add the delicious vanilla ice cream to them. Sprinkle the chocolate sauce for an extra mouth-watering taste. Your favorite dessert, sopapilla with ice cream, is ready; take a generous bite and enjoy.
Notes
Although sopapillas taste good when they are freshly made, if you have leftovers and wanna enjoy them later with your family, you can store them for a week.
First of all, let them cool at moderate room temperature, then wrap each sopapilla individually with an aluminium or quality plastic wrap. Store them in an air-tight container to avoid getting soft and crumbled.