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Breads & doughs

Sopaipillas

Fried discs of dough with pumpkin, a must on rainy days with pebre or chancaca.

VegetarianVegan

50 minTime
6Servings
FacilDifficulty
ChileCuisine

Ingredients

  • 300 g of cooked and drained pumpkin
  • 500 g of flour
  • 2 tsp of baking powder
  • 1 tsp of salt
  • 60 g of melted lard
  • Plenty of oil for frying

Step-by-step

Choose your robot:
  1. Put the cooked and warm pumpkin in the mixing bowl. Blend 15 sec/speed 5 until you make a puree.
  2. Add the flour, the baking powder, the salt and the melted lard.
  3. Knead 3 min/closed mixing bowl/dough mode until a soft and manageable dough forms.
  4. Let the dough rest covered for 15 min.
  5. Roll out the dough to 1/2 cm and cut discs with a cutter or glass. Prick each disc with a fork.
  6. Heat plenty of oil to 180°C in a pan or fryer.
  7. Fry the sopaipillas on both sides until golden, about 2 min per side.
  8. Drain on absorbent paper. Serve with pebre or coated with chancaca.

Tips

  • Pricking the discs prevents them from puffing up too much when frying.
  • For sopaipillas pasadas, dip them in hot chancaca syrup.
  • Well-drained pumpkin keeps the dough from becoming sticky.