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Fried ice cream

Fried ice cream is served at many Asian restaurants, particularly Chinese-based ones.
Type	Pastry
Course	Dessert
Serving temperature	Warm
Main ingredients	Ice cream
Media: Fried ice cream

Fried ice cream or tempura ice cream is a dessert made of a scoop of ice cream that is frozen hard, then breaded or coated in a batter before being quickly deep-fried, creating a warm, crispy shell around the still-cold ice cream. It is common in Chinese and Mexican cuisine.

Origin

There are conflicting stories about the dessert's origin. Some claim that it was first served during the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, where the ice cream sundae was also invented. Though in 1894, a Philadelphia company was given credit for its invention describing: "A small, solid of the ice cream is enveloped in a thin sheet of pie crust and then dipped into boiling lard or butter to cook the outside to a crisp. Served immediately, the ice cream is found to be as solidly frozen as it was first prepared." A third claim, beginning in the 1960s, proposes that fried ice cream was invented in a process similar to Japanese tempura.

It may be derived in part from Baked Alaska, originating earlier in the 19th century, which puts ice cream under a quickly broiled meringue.

Preparation

The dessert is commonly made by taking a scoop of ice cream frozen well below the temperature at which ice cream is generally kept, possibly coating it in raw egg, rolling it in cornflakes or cookie crumbs, and briefly deep frying it. The extremely low temperature of the ice cream prevents it from melting while being fried.

It may be sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar and a touch of peppermint, though whipped cream or honey may be used as well.

Associations with national cuisines

In the United States, fried ice cream has been associated with Asian cuisine, appearing in reviews of Chinese, Japanese, and Polynesian restaurants in the "Dining Out" section of the New York Times in the 1970s.

It also came to be associated with Mexican cuisine, in large part due to national chain Chi-Chi's adopting a fried ice cream made with tortillas and cinnamon as its "signature dessert" when it opened in 1975.

In Australia, fried ice cream is strongly associated with Asian cuisine and particularly Australian Chinese cuisine. It is frequently served with caramel sauce.

See also

• Baked Alaska
• Deep Fried Mars Bar
• Fried milk
• List of Chinese desserts
• List of desserts

References

1. ^ Zanger, Mark H. (2013). "Baked Alaska". In Smith, Andrew F. (ed.). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-973496-2.
2. Kobren, Gerri (24 May 1983). "Ice cream can be made even better". The Prescott Courier. p. 13. Retrieved July 17, 2011 – via Google News.
3. "Fried Ice-Cream, A Philadelphia Fad". Chicago Daily Tribune. 14 April 1894. p. 16. ProQuest 174940245 – via ProQuest Historical Newspapers Chicago Tribune (1849 - 1987).
4. "Fried Ice Cream". Big Timber Express. Big Timber, Montana. 22 January 1898. p. 4. Retrieved July 17, 2011 – via Google News.
5. Edson, Peter (24 March 1961). "Tidbits Picked up in Japan -- Some without Chopsticks". The Times-News. p. 15. Retrieved July 17, 2011 – via Google News.
6. "All about fried ice cream". Excuse Me Waiter | a food blog. 2012-10-06. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
7. Grigoraci, Judy (28 August 2002). "Fried Pride". Charleston Gazette. pp. 3D – via LexisNexis Academic.
8. Cilona, Marina (February 12, 2018). "Sydney just got its first fried ice cream truck". SBS (Australian TV channel). Retrieved January 2, 2019.
9. "Chinese Deep Fried Ice Cream With Caramel Sauce Recipe - Food.com".

External links

• Fried ice cream @ The Food Timeline

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