It’s been a few days since a frontal system began in our country and that during the night of this Wednesday he arrived in Santiago with heavy rainfallwhich are expected to last until Saturday, June 15, only with less intensity.
For the same reason that There are many who have a craving to eat sopaipillas, Well, it has become a tradition that every time the rain comes, it is best to have some warm ones to accompany them with whatever they like the most and stay more than comfortable.
So, in your Radio Corazón We got down to business and bring you the best recipe to make homemade sopaipillas and enjoy them these days when the rain will be more than present in the capital and various sectors of Chile.
Recipe to prepare sopaipillas with pumpkin
Ingredients
To make approximately about 20 sopaipillas you will need:
- 1 kilogram of flour.
- 1 piece of pumpkin. (Approximately half a kilo)
- Salt to taste.
- A 250 gram package of butter (the kind you confuse with butter), or a cup of oil.
- One litre of oil. (To fry)
Preparation
– For preparation, the first thing you should do is to boil the piece of pumpkin in water and add a pinch of salt. When you are with a texture similar to puree, it is time to remove it from the heat and strain it.
– Once the pumpkin puree is readyyou have to prepare a volcano on your table with the kilo of flour. But remember to leave some rest in the bag for kneading time.
– When you have your volcano ready, You must add the butter or oil. In case you want to use butteryou have to melt the contents of the package until warm and liquid. And if you want to use oil, You just have to add a cup.
– Finally, You must add the strained pumpkin to the mixture and salt to taste. Remember that to cook the pumpkin we already use salt, so you have to test the dough.
– Next on the list is to mix all the ingredients until there is a uniform and warm dough. You can go Adding pinches of flour to make kneading easier.
– When you have your round and uniform dough, the time comes for create to these sopaipillas. Here, You must extend the dough until it is the thickness you prefer, they can be thick or small. And to give it the shape, you can simply use ea cup plate or some cookie cutter that is shaped like a medium circle. Be careful, while you do this step, You can also heat the oil.
– Finally, you have to fry your sopaipillas. For that, you need Heat a liter of oil until it is boiling and add the sopaipillas to the frying pan. When they are golden brown, it is time to take them out.
– Remember Let them dry in a container with paper or a new towel.so that Throw away excess oil. And it’s ready.
