Have you ever tasted the Fried ice cream? Typical dessert of Chinese restaurants, fried ice cream is also becoming popular in the Italian peninsula for its goodness and for the particular contrast that makes it unique in its kind: a fragrant and warm wrapper encloses a heart of cold ġelat creamy covered with a layer of soft and delicious sponge cake. A combination of flavors, textures and different temperatures that make this dessert so popular all over the world. Its origins are Chinese, although there are certain stories that would see it born in America. Let’s see how fried ice cream is made with our recipe: preparing it is easy and you will make a great impression with your guests!

Preparazzjoni

1

To prepare the fried ice cream, start by cutting the filled sponge cake roll into 16 slices about half a centimeter thick. Before cutting, it is better to place the roll in the freezer at least half an hour so that it hardens slightly.

2

Take 3 slices of sponge cake and place them on the palm of your hand, as in the photo. At the center of the 3 slices, place a scoop of ice cream taken with an ice cream portioner.

3

Quickly cover with the fourth sponge cake.

4

With your hands, quickly work the sponge cake to close the slices together, without letting the ice cream come out and applying light pressure. Then form a ball. Repeat with the rest of the sponge cake slices until 4 balls are signed. Place them in the freezer for at least 20 minutes.

5

Meanwhile, prepare the batter: pour very cold water into a bowl.

6

Sift the flour with the baking powder directly into the water.

7

Pour in the seed oil and start mixing with a hand whisk.

8

Mix the mixture well until you get a smooth, homogeneous and creamy batter.

9

In a large saucepan, pour the liter of peanut oil, light the fire and bring it to a temperature of 170 ° / 180 ° C.

10

As the oil reaches the desired temperature, take the sponge-covered scoops of ice cream back from the freezer and dip them, one at a time, into the batter. Turn them over with the help of a spoon to completely cover them.

11

Dip one ball at a time in the boiling oil.

12

Fry the ball for 3 minutes and then turn it over to fry it on the other side as well.

13

Once fried and golden brown, remove the balls from the oil with the help of a skimmer and transfer them to absorbent paper to remove excess oil.
Continue in this way for all the balls of fried ice cream, to be decorated with chocolate topping or to taste and to be served immediately.

aċċessorji

• Bord tat-tqattigħ u sikkina
• Ice cream portioner
• Bowl
• Whisk bl-idejn
• Għarbel
• Termometru tal-kċina
• Kazzola kbira
• Xkumatur
• Karta tal-kċina assorbenti

Għajnuniet u tricks

• We have used a sponge cake filled with chocolate. They are easily found on the market among snacks; these are rolls (or rolls) filled with hazelnut, chocolate or fruit creams. The recommendation is not to use those covered with chocolate because it would risk to melt everything during cooking, ruining the batter. Alternatively, you can also use simple sheets of sponge cake or even soft slices of bread without edges.
• To prevent the sponge cake roll from falling apart or crumbling too much while cutting it into slices, we recommend placing it in the freezer for at least 30 minutes before using it, so that it hardens slightly.
• In the classic recipe of fried ice cream, cream or vanilla ice cream is used. But if you prefer other tastes you can enter as many as you like. The only flavors not recommended are those with fruit made in water because they would risk melting too quickly compared to the classic ice cream with a milk and cream base.
• Frying the scoops of battered ice cream in boiling oil must last ftit sekondijust long enough to last on the surface, otherwise in ice cream it would risk getting too hot and melt completely before consuming it.
• It is important that the batter is very thick, otherwise it would risk forming a too delicate crust that could break.
• Your scoop of fried ice cream can be decorated as desired: with a sprinkling of icing sugar, with melted chocolate chips or with different flavors topping, as desired.

ħażna

Consume fried ice cream immediately, just cooked.

It is possible to proceed with the preparation of the ice cream balls that can be made in advance and placed in the freezer wrapped, one by one, in transparent film. Ice cream in the freezer it must be consumed within 3 months.