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Sopaipillas
Chile
Sold from carts on rainy days throughout Chile. There is a Chilean saying: sopaipilla day is rainy day.
Chilean pumpkin fritters — flat fried dough discs made with squash and flour, served sweet with chancaca sugar syrup or savoury with pebre. Chile's street food staple.
Prep
20 mins
Cook
15 mins
Difficulty
Easy
Calories
450 kcal
Serves
6
Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used
Ingredients
300gsquash, cooked and mashed
300gplain flour
1 tspsalt
50gbutter
oilfor frying
chancaca syrup or pebreto serve
Method
1
Mix squash, flour, salt and butter to a smooth dough.
2
Roll to 5mm thickness. Cut into rounds. Prick with a fork.
3
Fry at 170°C for 3 minutes each side until golden. Drain.
4
Serve with chancaca syrup or pebre.
Chef's Tip
Prick the sopaipillas before frying — without pricking they puff up and cook unevenly.
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