Mexican Ice Cream Sundaes Food

MEXICAN ICE CREAM SUNDAES WITH CINNAMON CHOCOLATE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Spread coconut on a rimmed baking sheet; toast, tossing occasionally, until brown and fragrant, about 10 minutes (store at room temperature up to 1 day).
• In a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, bring cream to a boil; remove from heat.
• Add chocolate, cinnamon and salt.
• Let stand 1-2 minutes.
• Whisk until chocolate is melted and mixture is shiny (cover and refrigerate up to 2 days; before serving, reheat in double boiler or the microwave).
• Remove ice cream from freezer 15 minutes before serving.
• Scoop into bowls; top with warm sauce, peanuts and coconut.

MEXICAN ICE CREAM SUNDAES WITH CINNAMON-CHOCOLATE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spread coconut on a rimmed baking sheet; toast, tossing occasionally, until brown and fragrant, about 10 minutes. (Store at room temperature up to 1 day.)
• In a medium saucepan over medium-high, bring cream to a boil; remove from heat. Add chocolate, cinnamon, and salt. Let stand 1 to 2 minutes. Whisk until chocolate is melted and mixture is shiny. (Cover and refrigerate up to 2 days; before serving, reheat in a double boiler or the microwave.)
• Remove ice cream from freezer 15 minutes before serving. Scoop into bowls; top with warm sauce, peanuts, and coconut.

MEXICAN ICE CREAM SUNDAES

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Fry tortilla wedges, a few at a time, for 1-2 minutes on each side or until crisp. Drain on paper towels. Combine the sugar and cinnamon; set aside 1 tablespoon. Sprinkle both sides of tortillas with remaining cinnamon-sugar., In a shallow bowl, combine the cornflake crumbs and reserved cinnamon-sugar. Roll ice cream in crumb mixture to coat. Freeze until serving., Drizzle serving plates with chocolate syrup if desired. Place six tortilla wedges on each plate; top each with a scoop of ice cream. Pipe whipped cream around base and on top of ice cream. Garnish each with a cherry.

MEXICAN CARAMEL SUNDAES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• In a small saucepan, warm caramel sauce over low heat and season with cayenne pepper and 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon. Place tortillas on a cookie sheet and brush liberally with melted butter. Sprinkle each tortilla with sugar and a pinch of cinnamon and bake until crispy and sugar has melted on the tortillas, 5 minutes. Remove tortillas from oven, let cool to harden and break into large, uneven pieces. Arrange the pieces of 1 tortilla in a sundae dish or on a dessert plate. Top with 2 large scoops ice cream. Drizzle the warm caramel sauce over each sundae using a spatula or wooden spoon. Top each sundae with whipped cream swirls and Spanish peanuts.

MEXICAN CHOCOLATE SUNDAE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, cinnamon and salt and set aside. In another bowl, add the buttermilk, baking soda, vanilla and eggs. Mix with a fork and set aside.
• In a medium saucepan, melt the butter. Add the cocoa and whisk to combine. Pour the boiling water into the melted butter mixture in the pan. Allow to bubble for a moment, then turn off the heat. Pour the chocolate mixture into the flour mixture. Stir together for a moment to cool the chocolate, then pour in the egg mixture. Stir together until smooth.
• Pour the batter into 4 ovensafe 6-inch skillets (unbuttered) and bake until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, about 20 minutes.
• Drizzle the cakes with Cinnamon Hot Fudge Sauce and top with scoops of vanilla ice cream, a dollop of whipped cream and a cherry.
• Add the sugar, cream, cocoa, butter and cinnamon to a medium saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring, until the butter melts, about 15 minutes. Transfer to a mason jar and store in the fridge. (The sauce will harden as it cools, so reheat in a pan over medium heat when ready to use.)

MEXICAN CHOCOLATE BROWNIE SUNDAES

Steps:

• Dulce de leche ice cream, shaved chocolate, toasted almonds and/or dulce de leche, for topping
• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Line an 8-inch-square baking dish with foil, leaving a 2-inch overhang on 2 sides; coat with cooking spray.
• Melt the butter and semisweet and unsweetened chocolate in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring, until smooth. Remove from the heat and whisk in the brown sugar and granulated sugar until combined. Whisk in the eggs, vanilla and almond extract. Add the flour, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and the salt and stir until the batter looks like hot fudge.
• Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish and spread in an even layer. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with moist crumbs, 30 to 35 minutes. Transfer to a rack and let cool completely in the pan.
• Beat the heavy cream, cayenne and a pinch of cinnamon in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until soft peaks form, about 2 minutes. Lift the brownies out of the pan using the foil and cut into pieces. Serve topped with ice cream, the spiced whipped cream, shaved chocolate, almonds and/or dulce de leche.

MEXICAN ICE CREAM SUNDAES

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Fry tortilla wedges, a few at a time, for 1-2 minutes on each side or until crisp. Drain on paper towels. Combine the sugar and cinnamon; set aside 1 tablespoon. Sprinkle both sides of tortillas with remaining cinnamon-sugar.
• In a shallow bowl, combine the cornflake crumbs and reserved cinnamon-sugar. Roll ice cream in crumb mixture to coat. Freeze until serving.
• Drizzle serving plates with chocolate syrup if desired. Place six tortilla wedges on each plate; top each with a scoop of ice cream. Pipe whipped cream around base and on top of ice cream. Garnish each with a cherry.

MEXICAN HOT FUDGE SUNDAES

Steps:

• Bring cream and 1/2 cup coffee to boil in medium saucepan. Remove from heat. Add chocolate and cinnamon. Stir until chocolate is melted and sauce is smooth. Mix in vanilla extract. Scoop ice cream into bowls. Top with warm fudge sauce and pine nuts.

MEXICAN SUNDAE

Steps:

• Put the chocolate pieces and whipping cream in a pan.
• Keep over a low flame.
• Stir constantly, until the chocolate melts and is mixed with the cream.
• Once melted, remove from heat.
• Keep aside to cool.
• Peel the bananas and cut into four crosswise long pieces.
• Put one slice per bowl with a scoop of coffee or vanilla ice cream and sprinkle roasted almonds on top.
• Lastly, pour chocolate sauce over each bowl.
• Serve chilled.

TEX-MEX ICE CREAM SUNDAES

Steps:

• In a heavy skillet, pour oil to the depth of 1/2-inch.
• Heat oil over medium heat.
• When oil is hot, fry tortillas, one at a time, for about 30-40 seconds on each side. (Press down tortilla with a fork, if it starts to puff up while frying).
• Drain fried tortillas on paper towels.
• In a small bowl, combine the sugar and cinnamon.
• Sprinkle each fried tortilla with the cinnamon sugar mixture while they are still warm.
• Set fried tortillas aside to cool.
• When you are ready to serve, place a generous scoop of cinnamon ice cream on top of each tortilla.
• Drizzle each tortilla and ice cream with chocolate syrup.
• Place one cherry on top of each scoop of ice cream.
• Serve immediately.
• ~NOTE~ The tortillas can be fried up ahead of time and stored in an air tight container.
• ~NOTE~ If you can't find cinnamon ice cream at your store, you can either make it homemade or use vanilla instead. My family likes BlueBell's "bunuelos" flavored ice cream for these sundaes.

CHURRO ICE CREAM SUNDAE

Steps:

• Line a rimmed baking sheet with plastic wrap.
• Using a scoop, place 4, ½-cup balls of ice cream onto the prepared baking sheet. Freeze for 1 hour. Once hardened, shape ice cream with hands to round out bottoms.
• Whisk egg white until frothy in a medium bowl. Place Corn Flakes in a shallow dish. Dip ice cream in egg to coat completely and then coat in corn flakes. Return to prepared pan and freeze for 4 hours.
• Stir sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl.
• Heat 2 inches of oil in medium, heavy-bottomed saucepan to 375⁰F. Add ice cream in batches of 2 and fry for 15 seconds, turning gently with a slotted spoon. Remove with slotted spoon.
• Remove and place in 4 bowls, adding a ¼ cup of whipped topping on each. Distribute pineapple and raspberries evenly among the bowls. Sprinkle each sundae with 1 tsp cinnamon sugar.
• Tip: To make this dish even more authentic, drizzle with chocolate sauce and dulce de leche.

COFFEE ICE CREAM AND MEXICAN CHOCOLATE SUNDAES WITH CINNAMON-SUGAR TORTILLA CRISPS

Steps:

• For sauce:
• Whisk cream, 1/4 cup hot water, and espresso powder in heavy small saucepan to blend. Bring to simmer over medium heat. Remove from heat. Add chocolate and stir until melted and smooth. Stir in cinnamon. (Sauce can be made 3 days ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Rewarm sauce over low heat just until pourable before using.)
• For tortilla crisps:
• Mix butter, sugar, and cinnamon in small bowl to blend. Spread butter mixture evenly over tortillas. Cut each tortilla into 8 wedges. Place wedges on 2 baking sheets, buttered side up, spacing apart. (Can be prepared 8 hours ahead. Cover with foil; let stand at room temperature.)
• Preheat oven to 400°F. Bake tortillas uncovered until crisp, puffed, and golden, about 8 minutes. Remove from oven.
• Place large scoop of ice cream in each of 8 dessert glasses. Drizzle warm chocolate sauce over. Stand 4 tortilla crisps in each glass. Garnish with mint sprigs, if desired, and serve.