Preheat the oil in the deep-fat fryer to 190C ... then dollop a tablespoon of ice-cream on top. Starting from the same corner, roll the pastry over twice, working away from you.

Although typically served in fine restaurants, fried ice cream can be made at home. It’s not difficult, although it does ...

Taste, season with salt and add a more rum if needed. When you are ready to fry the ice cream, heat the oil in a deep-fat fryer to 190C (CAUTION: hot oil can be dangerous. Do not leave unattended.) ...

The origins of fried ice cream are hotly -- or coldly -- debated, though an article from 1898 reports of a Philadelphia store coating a cake of ice cream in pie crust and frying it in boiling lard.