Fried ice cream balls – ICE CREAM NATION

Frozen ice cream – the roots and the fundamentals

Like with a lot else in ice cream historical past, there is no such thing as a clear reply to who and the place the mind-boggling concept to fry ice cream first originated. Some data level to China round 1800 as a primary candidate, however it’s in any case very clear that the dish has moved round fairly a bit: right now, it’s usually related to Asian delicacies(s) on the whole, in addition to with Mexican cooking.

There are a couple of variations, however the fundamentals stay the identical: extra-cold ice cream is roofed in some sort of protecting batter/shell, then deep-fried and served.

You’ll have your favorite batter for frying, and that’s OK: I’ve seen many various recipes with or with out egg white and with completely different flours, crushed wafers, corn starch, crushed nuts and extra. A very powerful is to discover a batter that can work for deep-frying AND keep pleasantly tasty.

Myself, I used a mixture that was each very simple to make and surprisingly tasty: crushed corn flakes combined with some floor cinnamon. Then a whipped-up egg white with a view to make all of it stick.

[I should mention an alternative to deep-frying, courtesy of Jaclyn from Cooking Classy. In her version, the shell mix is prepared on the stove and then applied to the ice cream balls. Needless to say, that will create a somewhat different texture experience, but do check it out in case you want to try it! ]

The approach

Put together the “batter-mix”: put some corn flakes in a plastic bag along with some floor cinnamon. Combine properly and crush.

Choose your favorite ice cream – in a pinch, you possibly can even go for store-bought. I selected to go along with basic vanilla however once more, the selection is yours!

Scoop up some ice cream balls, forming them to most well-liked dimension and kind. You could possibly follow “scoop-sized” or transfer up in the direction of “mandarin-size”.

Yeah, I do know. Not precisely industrial rounded perfection and now additionally a bit too delicate to be rolled within the corn flakes. I needed to put them into the freezer for a few hours’ hardening – when you’re working sooner than me, you could skip that step 😉

That is higher: these ice cream balls must be chilly sufficient to be lined in our corn flakes-mixture.

In case your ice cream nonetheless is chilly and holds properly collectively, roll the balls within the crushed corn flakes/cinnamon. Whisk up an egg white, roll the balls in it, then rapidly re-roll them within the corn flakes crush combine once more: the ice cream balls ought to now be properly and duly lined!

The subsequent step is kind of essential: in preparation for the ultimate frying, put the “battered” ice cream balls in your freezer for a minimum of 2-3 of hours or over evening. In case you need your fried ice cream to return out OK, the ice cream must be very chilly when it goes into the frying pan. Take it from me – in case you are impatient and fry “much less hardened” ice cream, it would soften too rapidly and most certainly destroy your balls from the within … so to say).

Prepared for frying after a couple of hours within the freezer to agency up!

Warmth the frying oil to about you need to be alright when you drop a couple of corn flakes into the oil and so they begin to fizzle).

Now, fry the ice cream balls one after the other for about 160° C / 320° F till pleasantly golden: intention for max 10 seconds of frying time. In the event you go for longer, there’s a danger that the ice cream will soften an excessive amount of and they’ll crack. In that case, they may nonetheless be tasty however won’t be as visually or structurally spectacular because the balls that maintain collectively 😉

Very good fizzle!

We’re performed! Let the fried ice cream balls drip off on some paper, then serve instantly!

Whereas very tasty on their very own, you possibly can additionally serve them with issues like whipped cream, chocolate sauce, contemporary fruit, some drizzled honey …

Simply out of the frying pan

Fried and really, very tasty

Fried and really tasty!

The mix of the fried cinnamon-infused corn flakes shell and the softened ice cream inside was scrumptious. I used to be very pleasantly stunned! A part of the enjoyment additionally lies in experiencing the intriguing mixture of fried and frozen. 

Whereas deep fry-batter could be a bit overwhelming at instances, the corn flakes-mix used right here felt good and even “gentle”. Whereas the making of fried ice cram does require some accounting for further freezing-time preparation, the remaining is extraordinarily simple. And that is clearly a dessert to dazzle your folks and family members with! 

So, convey out your oil and corn flakes and get some ice cream! A fizzling and delicous expertise is ready!