Sopaipillas And Sherried Fruit Compote On Honey Pastry Cream With Vinagres De Yema Gran Reserva Glaze

Serves: 5

Weldon Lockman

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

48

Spice

50

Sweetness

54

Sourness

41

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.8

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1 cup

Whole Milk

1 cup

Sugar

1 cup

Honey

2 tbsps

Cornstarch

1.5 tsps

Salt

1 cup

Water (warm)

1.25 cups

Milk

1 cup

Sherry

1 cup

Brown Sugar

Directions:

1

To prepare pastry cream, place the milk in a saucepan

2

Split the vanilla bean and scrape the seeds into the milk and add the bean as well

3

Heat the milk over medium heat and bring to a boil

4

While the milk is heating, combine the egg yolks, sugar, and honey in a mixing bowl

5

Add the cornstarch and mix until smooth

6

Once the milk is boiling, remove the vanilla bean and add 1/4 of the milk to the egg mixture, whisking continuously making sure the eggs do not scramble

7

Once the yolks are tempered, return the egg mixture to the milk in the saucepan and continue whisking over medium heat until the mixture bubbles and thickens

8

This should take 1 to 2 minutes

9

Once the cream has thickened, place it in a bowl over an ice bath and cover with plastic wrap

10

Allow the cream to cool thoroughly

11

Sopaipillas: Using a large mixing bowl, blend the flour, salt and baking powder

12

In another bowl, dissolve the yeast in the warm water to activate and add to the flour mixture

13

Incorporate the milk slowly to form a single ball of dough

14

Knead the dough until smooth, cover and allow to rise until doubled in size

15

In a large pot or fryer, heat the oil to 360 to 375 degrees F

16

On a floured work surface, roll the dough out to 1/4-inch thickness

17

Using a cutter or knife cut the dough into desired serving size portions

18

Drop the sopaipillas, 2 or 3 at a time, into the oil and fry, turning them often until browned

19

Remove with a skimmer and place on paper towels to drain

20

Sprinkle the warm sopaipillas with cinnamon and powdered sugar

21

To make the fruit compote, place the ingredients in a mixing bowl and toss until the fruits are evenly coated

22

Allow the fruit to marinate in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours

23

Strain fruit from liquid before serving

24

To make the glaze, place the vinegar in a saucepan and over medium heat reduce by half

25

Dissolve the honey in the warm vinegar and allow to cool

26

Set aside

27

To serve, split the sopaipillas open and pipe in a portion of the pastry cream

28

Fill the remainder of the sopaipillas with fruit compote

29

Place the sopaipillas on each plate, drizzle the glaze around the sopaipillas and dust with powdered sugar and cinnamon

30

Finish with a dash of vinegar on the fruit compote