Food Discoveries: Fried or Baked Ice Cream, Anyone?

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If you haven't heard of FRIED or BAKED ICE CREAM yet, then, you might think I'm kidding. Yeah, I had the same reaction when I saw it first at SM Cebu. I was like, "What? How can they BAKE ice cream? It would melt, right?". LOLz!

When I first saw FOBI at SM Cebu, I immediately wanted to try it. After a few days, we did!

They have different flavors - mango, choco, pandan-vanilla, strawberry, ube. But, I thought CHOCOLATE was the safer choice. I couldn't go wrong with chocolate, right?

The tindera heated it for a few minutes. We were trying to ask her questions but she won't budge.

We found out that it IS ice cream underneath that coconut coating. They offered us different coatings but I just want the chocolate syrup on top of it.

How did it taste?



IT WAS GOOD! I finished everything and didn't have any regrets. The price might be a little high for some but it's worth it, I tell you.

Now, we were wondering how they made BAKED ICE CREAM. Ice cream is supposed to melt when it's warm or hot, right? How come it was baked/fried and it was still intact and cold?

Well, I found this recipe from Food Network on how to prepare this. If you have left-over ice cream, this is something that you can do for your kids, partner, or your friends.

Fried Ice Cream
Recipe of Emeril Lagasse

Ingredients:
* 1 quart vanilla ice cream
* 1 cup crushed frosted cornflakes
* 1 cup sweetened coconut flakes, or 1 cup chopped walnuts, or 1 cup cookie crumbs
* 2 large eggs
* 2 tablespoons sugar
* Vegetable oil, for frying
* Hot chocolate sauce, optional
* Whipped cream, optional

Directions:
With an ice cream scoop, form 4 large balls of ice cream. Place on a waxed paper lined sheet and cover with plastic wrap. Freeze for at least 2 hours.

In a bowl, combine the cornflake crumbs with either the coconut, walnuts or cookie crumbs (or any combination). Spread the mixture in a shallow dish.

Dip the ice cream balls in the crumb mixture and freeze for 30 minutes.

In a bowl, beat the eggs and sugar. Dip the coated ice cream balls into the eggs, then roll in the crumb mixture, coating completely. Freeze for 1 hour. (If necessary, or for a thicker crust, roll again in eggs and crumbs until the balls are completely coated.)

Heat the oil in a large pot or fryer to 400 degrees F. One at a time, lower the balls into the oil and fry until golden brown, about 30 seconds to 1 minute. Remove from the oil and place in a dessert bowl. Drizzle with chocolate sauce and whipped cream, as desired. Repeat with the remaining ice cream.

That's it! You can find this recipe here.

If you've tried this recipe already, share your experience with me here, ok?

For people here in Cebu, try this! It's good! Again, they have a branch in SM Cebu. It's in front of Toy Kingdom.

I'm not sure if there's baked or fried ice cream in Manila.

Bro, do you know of any place that sells fried or baked ice cream over there in Manila?