Solar Oven Recipe: Sopaipilla (Chilean Fry Bread)

Solar Oven Recipe

Ingredients

• 4 oz. Manteca (Lard)
• 5 cups all purpose flour
• 1 tbsp. baking powder
• 7-10 oz. of banana squash (or similar squash,ex.butternut)
• 1 tbsp. Salt

Steps

• Steam or boil banana squash until soft in solar oven(45-60 min.)
• (Save some of the squash water for later)
• Mash or lightly puree squash into a mush
• Melt the manteca (lard) in solar cooker
• Mix dry ingredients together
• Add Manteca and squash to dry ingredient along with 1/4 cup(or more if needed) of squash water.
• Mix all ingredients together until soft dough forms
• Roll out onto floured table and continue mixing (kneading) by hand until dough is not sticky.
• Pinch off 2 or 3 inch pieces of dough and form into balls
• Roll flat with a floured rolling pin
• Fry to a light golden brown in heated cooking oil (about 1 min.)

* *These were a big hit at our solar cooking class during the summer.

*Note: Frying can only be done by using a parabolic solar cooker since panel and box cookers cannot reach such high temperatures.