Fried Ice Cream

I had gone to a Chinese restaurant and in the dessert menu came across a rather strange item, hence out of curiosity I placed an order for the same. To my utter disbelief I came to like it a lot. A similar thing happened to me at a Mexican restaurant as well. With the experience I had at the Chinese restaurant, I ordered the dessert again. I liked the dessert this time as well. However, although the name of the dessert was the same, it tasted a little different. The name of the dessert I am talking about is fried ice cream. That is when my search for the recipe started. To my utter astonishment, I came across a variety of recipes. So now let's see how to make this ice cream.

Fried Ice Cream Recipe
With this recipe you will be able to make 4 to 8 servings. Do you want to read on weird ice cream flavors?

Ingredients

• Vanilla Ice Cream 1 quart
• Crushed Frosted Cornflakes 1 cup
• Cookie Crumbs 1 cup
• Eggs 2
• Sugar 2 tablespoons
• Vegetable Oil for frying
• Hot Chocolate Sauce
• Whipped Cream

Method

• With the ice cream, form 4 large balls of ice cream, wrap them in waxed paper and cover with plastic wrap to freeze them for at least 2 to 3 hours.
• In a bowl, combine cornflakes and cookie crumbs and spread the mixture in a shallow dish.
• Dip the ice cream balls in the cornflakes mixture and freeze again for 30 minutes.
• Beat eggs and sugar in a bowl.
• Dip the ice cream balls in the eggs and roll them again in the crumb mixture and make sure that the balls are well coated.
• You will have to freeze the ice cream balls again for an hour or longer.
• Heat oil to 400 degrees Fahrenheit and lower the balls into the oil and fry them till the balls are golden brown in color.
• Remove the ice cream balls and place them on a dessert bowl, drizzle some chocolate sauce and whipped cream on it and serve.

Mexican Fried Ice Cream Recipe
This recipe may seem to be a lengthy recipe, but I am sure you will like the outcome.

Ingredients

• Vegetable Oil ½ cup
• Flour Tortillas (6 inch in size) 2
• Ground Cinnamon ½ teaspoon
• Sugar 2 tablespoons
• Cornflake Crumbs ¼ cup
• Vanilla Ice Cream 2 large scoops
• Whipped Cream
• Maraschino Cherries

Method

• Fry each tortilla, one at a time, in hot oil over medium heat until the tortillas are crispy.
• In a bowl, combine cinnamon and sugar.
• Sprinkle half of the cinnamon mixture on both the sides of the fried tortillas to coat them evenly. Even if all the sugar mixture does not stick to the tortillas, it is just fine.
• Combine the other half of the cinnamon sugar mixture with cornflake crumbs in a shallow bowl or plate.
• Make two balls with the ice cream scoops and roll them in the cornflake crumbs, till the entire surface is evenly coated. Roll the ice cream balls till no part of the ice cream is visible.
• Fry the ice cream balls in hot oil for 10 to 20 seconds, till the coat is golden brown in color.
• Now place the ice cream scoop at the center of the fried and coated tortilla.
• Spray whipped cream around the base of the ice cream and also on top of the ice cream. Garnish with cherry and serve.

If you do not have cornflakes to use in the fried ice cream recipe, you can also make use of any cereal you have. Bread crumbs can be used as well. The most important tip while making this ice cream is to make sure you coat the ice cream ball well, so that the ice cream does not come out of the coating and melt.