Copycat El Torito Deep Fried Ice Cream

"I love El Torito's Deep Fried Ice Cream. It's different than having a sundae or a banana split which is why I love it. Enjoy!"
 
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Ready In:
2hrs 15mins
Ingredients:
12
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Form ice cream into 4 balls. Place in baking pan andfreeze solid, 2 hours or longer.
  • Mix cereal, sugar and cinnamon. Divide equally between 2 pie plates or other.
  • shallow containers.
  • Beat eggs with water.
  • Roll each ice cream ball in cereal mixture and press.
  • coating into ice cream. Dip coated ball in egg wash, then roll in second container of cereal mixture. Again press coating onto ice cream.
  • Freeze coated ice cream balls solid, 4 to 6 hours.
  • Shape each tortilla into hourglass form (with narrow waist) by cutting off curved slice from 2 opposite sides. One end will serve as base for ice cream. Other end will be decorative fan.
  • Heat oil in wok or large deep−fryer. Place tortilla between 2 ladles or large spoons of different sizes(smaller ladle on top). Place tortilla so that base end is cupped in larger ladle to form basket, with back of.
  • upper fan supported by handle of larger ladle.
  • Deep−fry until crisp.
  • Drain and sprinkle with cinnamon−sugar. Set aside.
  • Deep−fry frozen coated ice cream balls 30 to 45 seconds.
  • Place each fried tortilla in large−stemmed.
  • glass, with fan part of tortilla standing vertically above glass. Set fried ice cream ball in base of tortilla.
  • Top with dollop of whipped cream and decorate with cherry.

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Reviews

  1. This was a very good recipe. There was vanilla ice cream/frosted flakes instead. I also didn't put on a cherry. Never have been to El Torito, I can't compare but I can say that this was very satisfying.
     
  2. I used vanilla bean ice cream,and i also used frosted flakes it is so good thanx
     
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