The Nasty Bits: Sopaipillas

Name: The Nasty Bits: Sopaipillas
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 48
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 package dry yeast; 946 milliliters flour; 296 milliliters scalded milk, cooled; 946 milliliters rendered lard for frying (recipe); 2 teaspoons salt; 1 Tbsp sugar; 59 milliliters warm water (110°F); 1 Tbsp lard, rendered (recipe)

The Nasty Bits: Sopaipillas

The Nasty Bits: Sopaipillas might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. One serving contains 59 calories, 1g of protein, and 2g of fat. This recipe serves 48. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of baking powder, lard, sugar, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Place all the dry ingredients in a bowl and cut in the lard with a fork, until there are only small flakes of in the flour.

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All Purpose Flour

Lard

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Bowl

Dissolve the yeast in warm water; add the sugar and set aside for 5 minutes.

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Sugar

Water

Yeast

Add the yeast to the cooled scalded milk.

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Yeast

Milk

Add the liquid to the dry ingredients.

Mix to form a shaggy but not too wet dough. Knead the dough for 7 to 10 minutes, until it's smooth and fairly elastic. Cover with a tea towel and let rest for 15 minutes.

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Dough

Tea

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Kitchen Towels

In the meantime, heat the rendered lard in a wok or frying skillet, until the candy thermometer register 300°F to 350°F.

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Candy

Lard

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Candy Thermometer

Frying Pan

Wok

Roll the dough out to a 1/8-inch thickness and cut into 3-inch squares. Slip the squares of dough into the lard, two at a time, not flipping until after the squares puff out. Fry on both sides, flipping only as needed for 1 to 2 minutes.

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Dough

Lard

Roll