How To Cook Fried Ice Cream At Home: Recipe + Video

2024 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 12:53

Fried ice cream: recipes for making an unusual treat

Fried ice cream comes from Asian cuisine. Until recently, no one could have imagined that this was possible, but today this delicacy is already loved by many. In addition, several recipes have appeared, each of which has its own characteristics. And you can easily make fried ice cream at home by following the instructions below.

Content

• 1 Required ingredients
• 2 The classic recipe at home
• 3 Fried ice cream in coconut flakes
• 4 Asian style
• 5 Mexican traditions
• 6 How to make fried ice cream - video

Required ingredients

Basically, this dessert is a cold scoop of ice cream placed inside a hot crusty dough shell. Therefore, to prepare it, you will need the following ingredients:

• ice cream with your favorite flavor;
• flour;
• oil;
• eggs.

For breading, depending on the recipe, you can use crackers, coconut flakes, crushed cornflakes, cookies, crackers or puffed rice, nuts.

Vegetable oil for frying should be unflavored, since it has a fairly high heating temperature.

To serve ice cream effectively, pour chocolate or caramel syrup on top.

Fried ice cream comes from Asian cuisine

In addition, you will need:

• silicone sheet or parchment paper;
• 2 trays;
• bowls that will contain breading products;
• spoon or slotted spoon.

The classic recipe at home

To make ice cream according to this recipe, you will need:

• ice cream of any taste - 1 kg;
• breading products - to taste;
• ½ cup flour;
• frying oil;
• 2 eggs;
• sugar and cinnamon - optional.

1. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone. Place them in the freezer for 30 minutes to cool.

2. Make balls about the size of a fist out of the ice cream. Try to keep them symmetrical. There should be enough balls to fit on the baking sheets.

   

   Form ice cream balls and place on a baking sheet

3. Place the baking trays of ice cream balls in the freezer for 30 minutes to 2 hours, so that they solidify properly.

4. Prepare the breading bowls. One of them should contain flour, the other should contain beaten eggs, and the third should contain crushed cereals, crackers, sugar, cinnamon and more. Arrange the dishes so that it is convenient for you to dip the ice cream balls one by one.

   

   Place the bowls with products for batter and sautéing so that it is convenient for you to alternately dip balls of ice cream in them

5. Remove the balls from the freezer. Dip each of them in flour first (it will provide strength), then in a beaten egg, and last of all in breading. It should be enough to cover the ball in a dense layer. You can also dip the ice cream in the batter for a donut-like shell. But this should be done right before frying.
6. Put the balls back on the baking sheets and place them back in the freezer for 2 hours.

7. Heat the oil in a skillet to about 185 degrees (it will start to flicker). Fry 2 balls at a time in it so that the oil temperature does not drop, otherwise the top layer will not be crispy. Each ball must be fried until golden brown, then removed from the pan.

   

   Fry two balls of ice cream at a time so that the temperature of the oil does not drop.

Now you can serve fried ice cream to the table. If the dessert is too hot for your taste, place the cooked balls in the freezer for a few minutes to cool slightly.

Fried ice cream in coconut flakes

Ice cream fried according to this recipe is traditionally prepared in Chinese restaurants. You can do it yourself too. This will require:

• ice cream (the best is what is packed in briquettes that look like boiled sausage);

  

  For fried ice cream in coconut flakes, ice cream in the form of "boiled sausage" is perfect

• 3 eggs;
• coconut flakes;

• bread crumbs.

  

  To make fried ice cream in coconut flakes, you need eggs, coconut flakes and bread crumbs

1. Set the freezer to the lowest possible temperature. You need to freeze the ice cream block so that it looks like a stone. In the meantime, prepare the breading: place the crackers, coconut flakes and pre-beaten eggs on separate plates.

   

   Prepare dishes for breading

2. Remove ice cream and cut into portions. Bread the pieces quickly. The first layer is coconut, the second is a beaten egg, the third is crackers.

   

   This 'cutlet' should come out after breading ice cream

3. Chill the plate and fold the pieces onto it. Send them back to the freezer for half an hour. Then you can start deep-frying.

4. Heat sunflower oil (refined) in a saucepan, dip portions of ice cream in it. This must be done very quickly, literally 20 seconds on each side.

   

   Deep-fried ice cream takes literally 20 seconds on each side

The breading layer will be hot and crunchy, and the ice cream inside will remain cold and not even have time to melt.

The breading layer will be hot, and the ice cream will not even have time to melt

Decorate your dessert with jam, chocolate, mint leaves or arugula.

Asian style

Often in Asian restaurants, fried ice cream is prepared in a special type of batter called tempura. You will need:

• vanilla ice cream - 500 g;
• wheat flour - 1 glass;
• egg - 1 pc.;
• ice water - 1 glass;
• baking soda - 1 teaspoon;
• vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon;
• vegetable oil for deep frying.

Cover the tray with a sheet of parchment, place the ice cream balls formed with a special spoon on it. Place in the freezer for 1–2 hours.

Make tempura. To do this, take a bowl of medium depth and sift flour and soda into it, add an egg. Whisk until light foam forms. Pour in ice water, add vanilla extract. Mix until smooth. The tempura is best kept in a bowl filled with ice.

Heat oil in a saucepan. Dip balls of ice cream in tempura and immediately dip in hot oil. Take it out as soon as the batter turns golden, and spread it on paper towels to absorb excess fat.

Serve such ice cream, decorate with a sprig of mint and powdered sugar.

Mexican traditions

Mexicans prefer to fry ice cream in a batter of crushed cookies, cornflakes and nuts. For cooking you will need:

• vanilla ice cream - 500 g;
• cornflakes - 7 cups
• eggs - 2 pcs.;
• granulated sugar - 2 tablespoons;
• ground cinnamon - 1 tablespoon;
• milk - 1 tablespoon (milk fat 3.5%);
• vegetable oil for frying.

Form the ice cream into balls, place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment. Place in the freezer for 2-3 hours.

Pour cornflakes into a bowl and crush them with a crush. You can use a simple method: put the flakes in a tight plastic bag and walk over it several times with a rolling pin or glass bottle.

Combine crushed cereal and cinnamon. Dip the ice cream balls in this mixture and return them to the freezer for another hour.

Whisk milk, eggs and sugar in a bowl. Remove the ice cream from the freezer, dip each scoop into the mixture, and roll back in the flakes. Put it in the refrigerator for another couple of hours.

Garnish fried ice cream with chocolate or caramel sauce before serving

Heat oil to a boil, deep-fry prepared ice cream balls. Serve preferably with honey, chocolate or caramel.

How to make fried ice cream - video

Now in your culinary collection there are several more recipes that will surely please all family members and guests. Let us know in the comments how you prepare this original dessert. Bon Appetit!