Why is it when I have a craving for a particular food, it isn’t in the kitchen or the restaurant has already closed?
As I was looking at pictures tonight, I ran across these taken with my cell phone not too long ago. It is my favorite Mexican restaurant and my favorite foods there…
This is the dessert and it is called sopapillas (nicknamed “soft pillows”) and pronounced [soh-pi-PEE-yuh]. It is a kind of fried pastry quick bread smothered with honey, sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon and finished off with a dollop of whipped cream. The word likely comes from the diminutive of the Spanish word “sopaipa,” which is used to indicate fried dough sweetened with honey.
Judging from the size of the pictures, it isn’t hard to figure out what I’m really craving tonight. Ahhhh…my mouth is watering.
A few places to find the recipe for sopapillas:
http://whatscookingamerica.net/CynthiaPineda/Sopapillas/Sopapillas.htm
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ingrid-hoffmann/sopapillas-recipe/index.html
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Recipes/story?id=1918737
http://www.bigoven.com/58840-Sopapillas-recipe.html
http://recipes.epicurean.com/recipe/1471/sopapillas.html
Wow! nice!
These pictures are enough to make anyone want sopapillas
Yum! Sadly we have no good Mexican restaurants in our area.
Love Mexican food, but I've never been fond of sopapillas.
My kids had them last night at dinner. Those look yummy!
Is it the food or the ambiance you craved? 🙂
I always get those when I go home to visit my family. Yummy hot with honey….
Mmmmm…..
Makes me think of my childhood years in Texas…
Lisa
@ All That and a Box of Rocks
I haven't made sopapillas in a LONG time and your pics are making me wonder why…
oh my goodness…..yum!!!!!!!
now i'm hungry!!!!!
gootin is the word verification…..funny!!!!!