Name: Sopaipillas from Chile
Prep time: 2 min
Ingredients: 500 g pumpkin ((weighted and peeled)); 500 g flour; 3 tablespoon oil; 1/2 tablespoon salt; 1 teaspoon sugar; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 500 g tomatoes; 300 g onions; 1 bunch coriander; 3 tablespoons oil ((not olive!)); 1 tablespoon white vinegar; chili (or tabasco); salt; frying oil

Sopaipillas from Chile

Sopaipillas are very well known in South America. But especially in Chile, where they are made with pumpkin. They are small fritters made with this vegetable and they are eaten sweet or with a tomato and onion salad very common in Latin America. Very simple to make, the sopaipillas will bring color and originality to your appetizers, or if you want to do like the Chileans, to your breakfasts, and throughout the day! I propose you here the salted version, with the recipe of the salad with tomatoes, onions and coriander.

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Prep Time 2

Type de plat Accompaniment

Cuisine Chilean

Calories 2749 kcal

Ingredients

Solpaipillas

500 g pumpkin (weighted and peeled)
500 g flour
3 tablespoon oil
1/2 tablespoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder

SIde salad:

500 g tomatoes
300 g onions
1 bunch coriander
3 tablespoons oil (not olive!)
1 tablespoon white vinegar
chili or tabasco
salt
frying oil

Instructions

Start by preparing the side salad, in case you choose to eat the sopaipillas in a "savory version".
Cut tomatoes into small cubes.
Cut the onions in the same way. Chop the bunch of coriander.
Put everything in a container. Add vinegar and oil.
Add salt and chopped chili or Tabasco.
Set salad aside in a cool place.
Prepare the pumpkin.
Remove the skin and cut the pumpkin into pieces. Weigh the pumpkin without the skin!
Put in the oven at 190°C for a good hour, the time to cook the pumpkin well.
It should come out drier. If it caramelizes, it's even better!
Put the cooked pumpkin in a blender and puree it.
Put the purée in a container. Add oil.
Add salt, sugar and baking powder.
Mix and add the flour. Add it gradually until the dough almost doesn't stick to your fingers.
Only the quality of the pumpkin will determine the quantity of flour to use.
Let the dough rest in a cool place for an hour in plastic wrap.
Remove the dough from the pan and roll it out on a floured work surface.
Cut out shapes. Sopaipillas are generally round and sometimes fluted. That's why I use a caneles mold as a cookie cutter.
Make a hole with a knife blade in the middle to stick to the tradition! Otherwise, you can forget about this step!
Prepare a pan filled with oil ready for frying. Fry the sopaipillas. They are cooked when they come to the surface!
Take them out of the frying pan and let them cool slightly on a paper towel.
Enjoy as is or with the tomato and onion salad!

Nutrition

Calories: 2749kcalCarbohydrates: 350gProtein: 58gFat: 131gSaturated Fat: 22gPolyunsaturated Fat: 37gMonounsaturated Fat: 65gTrans Fat: 0.4gSodium: 7747mgPotassium: 4241mgFiber: 35gSugar: 72gVitamin A: 43713IUVitamin C: 114mgCalcium: 1367mgIron: 30mg

Keyword Pumpkin

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