Sopaipilla (pronounced "soap-pa-peeya") is basically a fried pastry. A really good family friend on my man's side of the family is Mexican, and she taught me how to make Tex-Mex style dinners including our favorite - Sopaipilla's. If you've ever been to a carnival, they are basically elephant ears. You can sweetin' them with honey, cinnamon and sugar, powdered sugar, or eat them plain.
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We have a deep fryer and I usually set mine to 375 degrees. I've never made these on the stove top, but my Mother-in-law just heats oil in a nice size sauce pan and makes them that way.
Combine self-rising flour and water together into a bowl until you have what resembles pizza dough or bread dough. If it's too dry, add a little bit more water, if too wet, add a little bit more flour. Cover with flour to prevent it from sticking to your hands. -
Place dough on a floured surface and roll out until it's about 1/2" thick, or about the thickness of pizza dough.
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They don't have to be perfect, just use a butter knife (or even a pizza cutter) and slice them up into squares. I usually get about 13-14 squares each time I make them, depending on how big you cut them.
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When the oil is ready, place about 3 or 4 of them in the fryer. They sink down to the bottom then float up to the top. Let cook for 3-4 minutes on one side (or until a nice golden brown), then using a slotted spoon, and being extremely careful, flip them over and let them cook for 3-4 minutes on the other side.
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When they are complete, remove them with a spoon and place them on a plate covered with paper towels to let the oil drain off as well as let them cool. I have a cinnamon/sugar mixture that we keep in a salt shaker and I cover them with that as soon as they come out of the fryer. As the oil drains off, it sorda acts like a glue for the cinnamon and sugar.
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Posted By:multicrafty »
May 08, 2009 11:10
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Sugarlishes
08 May 11:56
I make these all the time for me and the little ones, they are so good, we either use cinnomon and sugar, powder sugar, honey or ICE CREAM with them lol...its so yummy and it just reminds me so much of how my grandma would make them for me when i was little. I miss hers. I need to upgrade and get a deep fryer like yours would cook so much faster and more too :D
camilaustral
09 May 03:06
oh!! here in Chile we eat sopaipillas too!! but usually with some "pebre" on them (tomatoes, onions, coriander chopped very small with oil) --> http://www.hermanoslejanos.com/wp-content/uploads/comida/.resized/.resized_284x252_pebre.jpg
and the sopaipillas look like this --> http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Z7gz0f6EyXE/SKc_MisU_II/AAAAAAAAAH0/0U9jILVHvzk/s1600-h/sopaipillas+010.jpg
thay sell them very cheap oily ones at the universities and those are very good with mustard or ketchup too :D
Luv my life
16 May 14:40
OH!!! !love theese!!
Chococat
31 Aug 09:13
yuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmm gonna try convince my mum to help make mesome
Tracey M.
20 Sep 18:22
These were so good that hubby and kids request them every day!!! :D