Fried ice cream is an amazing and original delicacy that always delights guests and households. A traditional Chinese dessert enchants with its exquisite taste and unusual temperature contrast.
Making fried ice cream at home requires some manual dexterity and the use of high quality foods.
All ingredients must be prepared in advance, as every moment counts during cooking. Having hesitated with the process of preparing the next portion, you can get a disappointing result in the form of a spreading milk mass.
To prepare an original dessert, you will need a large (500-900 g) portion of high quality ice cream - an ice cream is best suited, which contains enough heavy cream.
Ice cream is cut into small rings or shaped into balls, which is preferable because the balls hold their shape best during frying.
Each piece is placed on a separate chilled plate and sent to the freezer for a few minutes. While the ice cream is cooling, the breading is prepared: coconut flakes are poured into separate containers, crushed crackers and 1-2 eggs are beaten in another bowl.
Alternatively, breading can be made from 200 g of cornflakes chopped in a food processor, to which 1 tsp is added. cinnamon and about 80-100 g of coconut.
A chilled portion of ice cream is quickly doused in coconut flakes, then dipped just as quickly in a beaten egg, and then doused in breadcrumbs. The last step - the egg and crackers, are repeated once more so that a dense crust forms on the ice cream during frying.
When using a cornflake breading, the sequence of actions is the same: a portioned piece of ice cream is rolled in the breading, dipped in a beaten egg and again rolled in a flake crumb.
After that, the ice cream is again placed in the freezer for 2-3 hours. The best result when preparing an unusual dessert is given by freezing each layer of batter separately. When the batter hardens a little, the most crucial moment comes: roasting.
In a heat-resistant dish, the odorless vegetable oil is heated to the boiling point. When frying, it is not recommended to cook several servings of ice cream at once - each slice should be fried separately.
A portion of ice cream in batter is dipped in oil and fried on each side for 15 seconds. After that, ice cream is placed on a plate cooled in advance and put into the freezer for 30-40 minutes.
Before serving, fried ice cream is kept at room temperature for some time. If this is not done, then it will be very difficult to bite off or cut off a slice of dessert with a knife.
