Delicious-looking ‘fried ice cream’ in ‘Please Take Care of My Refrigerator 2’

In the second episode of 'Please Take Care of My Refrigerator' aired on the 22nd, Chef Park Eun-young became the first challenger chef to win with a dish named 'Happy Birthday'. The menu was surprising.

 

Cold 'ice cream' was deep-fried in hot oil. At first glance, it looks like the ice cream would melt immediately from the intense heat, so how was this dish possible?

The answer lies in 'diffusion'. If heat does not diffuse to the center of the ice cream, the ice cream does not melt and only the outside gets fried until crispy.

 

The bread played a significant role. Chef Park Eun-young flattened the bread with a rolling pin and wrapped it around the ice cream. Baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) is added to make the bread rise. When heated, this ingredient decomposes to release carbon dioxide gas. By forming a layer of gas between the ice cream and the bread dough, it prevents heat from spreading rapidly during frying. Gas has a very low thermal conductivity, about 4% of that of water.

To make a more perfect fried ice cream at home, you can cover the ice cream with meringue, coat it with breadcrumbs, and fry it. Meringue is made by whipping egg whites with sugar, and it contains a large amount of trapped air.

 

It is best to lower the surface temperature of the ice cream as much as possible before frying. Chef Park Eun-young also chilled her hands in ice water before cooking, wrapped the ice cream in bread, and placed it immediately in the freezer. The lower the surface temperature, the slower the rate of heat diffusion can be. The fastest way to make fried ice cream is to immerse it in liquid nitrogen before frying. Liquid nitrogen has a very low temperature of minus 195 degrees.

 

Fry until the oil turns brown. About 10 seconds is appropriate.

 

 

Chef Park Eun-young finished the fried ice cream by coating it with sugar. As heat gradually spreads and the ice cream melts, the highly moisturizing sugar coating prevents the liquid ice cream from escaping.

 

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Frying ice cream

It's amazing that it doesn't melt.

I didn't watch the program.

 

Wrap the bread

The ice cream inside is like cream

I wonder if it's just a feeling. I'm curious.