Just at that time, I learned something like this. Like Columbus' egg, you will find it extremely simple once you learn the way to make it, but this really tastes much lighter than the common deep-fried ice cream. In addition, this will make a great topic for conversation.

Please have a try. It is such a fun dish.

As I tried making it

At a glance, it looked like a deep-fried sweet bun. But, if you take a bite as imagining it to be a sweet bun, you would be amazed at finding ice cream inside. I am certain that, without knowing what is inside, anybody will be startled by cramming one into his or her mouth. Yet, it has to be a freshly-fried one for that. The outside is so hot that you have to keep rolling it in your mouth but the inside is cold ice cream; such contrast is what makes it interesting.

It requires a bit of skill to make a deep-fried ice cream, but using an ice cream puff on the market makes it simple. However, as there is a tiny hole on a choux pastry that was used for stuffing ice cream into it, you certainly have to make sure that hole is completely covered up with the batter coating.

Plate: Lunch plate
From Shiki no Aji (October 1994)

Translated by Maiko Noda