Crispy Macadamia Nut Fried Ice-Cream Balls with Chocolate Macadamia Nut Sauce
- 1 quart super-premium vanilla ice cream such as Haagen-Dazs
- 1 1/2 cups macadamia nuts (about 7 ounces)
- 3 large eggs
- 6 cups cornflakes (about 7 ounces)
- about 5 cups vegetable oil for deep-frying
- confectioners' sugar for dusting
- Accompaniment:chocolate macadamia nut sauce
- Line a shallow baking pan with wax paper and put pan in freezer 5 minutes.
- With a 1-ounce ice cream scoop (1 1/2 inches in diameter) scoop out 12 ice-cream balls and transfer to pan.
- Freeze balls, covered, until very hard, at least 3 hours and up to 8.
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- While ice cream is hardening, in a baking pan toast nuts in one layer in middle of oven until golden, about 10 minutes, and cool.
- Finely chop nuts and transfer to a shallow bowl.
- Roll balls in nuts, pressing lightly, until well coated.
- Freeze balls, covered, until very hard, at least 1 hours and up to 8.
- In a bowl lightly beat eggs and in another bowl crumble cornflakes.
- Dip balls in egg, letting excess drip off, and roll in cornflakes to coat.
- Freeze balls, covered, at least 1 hours and up to 8.
- Reserve remaining egg and corn flakes, chilling egg.
- Repeat dipping and coating procedure with reserved egg and cornflakes.
- Freeze balls, covered, until very hard, at least 3 hours and up to 8.
- In a 3-quart heavy kettle heat 2 inches oil over moderate heat until a deep-fat thermometer registers 375 F. Working in batches of 2 or 3, fry balls, turning them, about 20 seconds, or until golden and crisp.
- With a slotted spoon transfer balls to paper towels to drain.
- Make sure oil returns to 375 F between batches.
- Dust ice-cream balls with confectioners' sugar and serve immediately with sauce.
vanilla ice cream, nuts, eggs, cornflakes, vegetable oil, confectioners, accompaniment
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/crispy-macadamia-nut-fried-ice-cream-balls-with-chocolate-macadamia-nut-sauce-14922 (may not work)