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.