sopapilla
Honey-drizzled puff pastry
A sopapilla is a fried pastry common in Mexican and Southwestern American cuisine—a pillow of dough that puffs up hollow when dropped in hot oil.
Sopapillas are typically served warm with honey or powdered sugar as a dessert, though savory versions stuffed with meat, beans, or cheese also exist: We ordered sopapillas drizzled with honey to finish the meal.
Flour-liquid mixture for baking
fried dough · beignet · churro · empanada · yeast · leavened · baking powder · knead
Cooking in shallow fat
- oilSlippery viscous fluid
- deep-friedCooked submerged in fat
- hot oilHeated cooking fat
- temperatureMeasured heat intensity
skillet · tongs · drain · paper towels · puff up · inflate · expand · cook
Sweet course after dinner
- side dishSecondary food portion
- basketWoven carrying vessel
- warmModerately heated, or friendly
- freshNewly made, not stale
appetizer · snack · treat · accompaniment · plate · stuffed · savory · beans
dough
Flour-liquid mixture for baking
pillow · fried dough · beignet · churro · empanada · yeast · leavened · baking powder · knead · rolling pin
frying
Cooking in shallow fat
- oilSlippery viscous fluid
- deep-friedCooked submerged in fat
- hot oilHeated cooking fat
temperature · skillet · tongs · drain · paper towels · puff up · inflate · expand · cook · sizzle
dessert
Sweet course after dinner
fresh · appetizer · snack · treat · accompaniment · plate · stuffed · savory · beans · beef
honey
Bees' viscous nectar product
- cinnamonAromatic bark spice
- sugarCrystalline carbohydrate sweetener
- powdered sugarFinely ground sweetener
drizzle · syrup · butter · caramel · chocolate · whipped cream · glaze · sticky · sweet · dusted
New Mexico
Southwestern U.S. state
- TexasSecond-largest American state
- MexicanOf or from Tenochtitlan's successor
- Tex-MexAmerican-influenced northern cuisine
Navajo · Southwest · Arizona · Colorado · cantina · taqueria · fiesta · tradition · abuela · cuisine
- fried doughdonut, donuts, doughnut, doughnuts, beignet
- New MexicoSanta Fe, Albuquerque, Taos, adobe, White Sands
- sweetscandy, candies, chocolates, chocolate, fudge
- flatbreadspita, naan, lavash, tortilla, roti
- fried foodsfried chicken, french fries, onion rings, chicken nuggets, fried fish
- griddle foodspancake, hotcake, hotcakes, flapjack, flapjacks