New Mexican sopaipillas
New Mexican sopaipillas, from above
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New Mexican sopaipillas

Dough that puffs into hollow pillows in hot oil. Tear a corner, pour in honey, thank New Mexico.

50 minTime
5 gProtein each
mildSpice
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Grandma's wayLight fried pillows of dough served hot with honey.
The original
320kcalsame
5 gproteinsame
1 gfibresame
50minutessame

New Mexican sopaipillas.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

6 servings
Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)2 cups
Baking powder2 tsp
Salt¾ tsp
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)1 tbsp in the dough, plus oil for frying
Milk⅔ cup, warm
Honeyto serve

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Mix flour, baking powder and salt, rub in 1 tbsp oil, then add warm milk to make a soft dough. Knead 2 minutes and rest 20 minutes, covered.
  2. 2Roll 3 mm thick and cut into 8 cm squares or triangles.
  3. 3Fry a few at a time in oil at 190°C, spooning hot oil over the tops until they puff, then turn once.
  4. 4Drain and serve hot with honey.
Serve it like this

Pile hot in a cloth lined basket with honey on the side. Tear a corner and drizzle honey inside.

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Make it a meal

What goes with New Mexican sopaipillas: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

With a main Carne adovada210 min
With a main New Mexican green chile stew100 min
On the side Calabacitas25 min
On the side Jeera aloo30 min
To drink Hot cocoa8 min
Something sweet Puran poli90 min
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