Since Ryan cooked us up an Australian BBQ on Saturday night, and many other tasty meals throughout – we figured it only proper and fitting to contribute and give our friends a taste the foods we love in America.
On Sunday for a late brunch, we whipped up a southern-comfort-inspired buttermilk crispy butter-baked chicken, herb whipped potatoes, sauteed green beans, sweet carrots, and pancakes. We were on a mission to make waffles, but waffle irons are hard to come by here so we went with the pancakes instead.
We also baked some soft Toll-House chocolate chip cookies. Most of their cookies here are baked so they are crunchy, not soft so it was a hit with the kiddos.
On Monday, after the Gauntlet (my advanced business-consultation class for Boot Camp survivors) we had a Mexican fiesta night for our last night here in Melbourne. Unfortunate for Australians, good Mexican food is nearly non-existent here. We introduced them to cheese, chicken, and veggie quesadillas and homemade chicken enchiladas with verde sour cream sauce. I can’t believe they had not had quesadillas before!!
The pièce de résistance though was the Mexican fried ice cream we served for dessert. The kind of fried ice cream we make is not actually fried (only the tortilla is!). It’s SO easy to make. Watching Jessie and Ryan’s four girls devour the dish in two minus five seconds was hilarious. Two went as far as to smearing their bare-hands onto the honey-soaked plate and drying the plate of every remaining speck.
Jessie’s already planning our next trip to Australia for us – and we haven’t even left her place yet – and now she’s insisting we quit being photographers and open a Mexican restaurant here in Australia. Haha! (Hey, maybe one day…..)
And for the inquiring minds, I give you the Mexican fried ice cream recipe:
Mexican Fried Ice Cream
Vanilla Ice Cream
Cinnamon
Sugar
Oil
Flour Tortilla
Corn Flakes
Honey
Whipped Cream & Cherry (for garnish, if desired)
Make a mixture of cinnamon and sugar. 1/2 c sugar and 6-8 tsp cinnamon in a cereal bowl.
Crunch up another cereal bowl full of corn flakes into smaller pieces.
Fry flour tortilla in a bit of oil in medium-hot fry pan until crispy and golden. Place on plate. Immediately cover in a spoonful of cinnamon/sugar mixture so it’s covered.
Scoop a ball of vanilla ice cream into a ball. Place ball of ice cream into cinnamon/sugar mixture – roll around until covered. Immediately place into corn flake bowl and cover with corn flake bits.
Place covered ice cream ball onto fried covered tortilla. Cover with a few spoonfuls of honey. Or squeeze the honey bear honey over it until it’s all gooey ALL over.
Top with whipped cream and a cherry for special presentation. Eat quickly before it melts. SHARE. It’s rather large for one person to eat alone!
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OMG wow – desert looks GREAT. Cant quite comprehend pancakes on the same plate as chicken and veg though…
haha You will come to Newcastle again when you came back right??
Come cook for us anytime!!!
Oh MY!!! We missed out on that yummo dessert! I am only comforted by the fact that you were kind enough to actually put the recipe in….THANK YOU!!! We will be having that this weekend.
Don’t suppose you can give us the recipe for Quesadillas too? Never had that either. I am with Renee though on the waffles/pancakes alongside chicken.
Oh la la…you might need to cook me a Mexican dish – just kidding.