How is it possible that after all these years sharing recipes I haven’t posted about Sopaipillas? A dear friend was the official baker of this traditional Chilean pastry… now she is gone, back to Chile. And here I’m doing my sopaipillas for the first time.
I’m also sharing the molasses sauce that usually is served with sopaipillas; you can either spooned over the sopaipillas or soak them briefly and enjoy warm.
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Perfect appetizers with Chilean salsa Pebre or as a dessert, dust with powdered sugar or in a molasses sauce.
Ingredients
- 1 cup pumpkin puree (I use 1/2 can in the U.S.)
- 2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon fine salt
- 3 tablespoons vegetable shortening, margarine or butter, melted
Instructions
- Place the flour, baking powder and salt in the food processor and pulse a few times to mix, add the remaining ingredients and pulse until a dough forms, should be smooth and pliable.
- Take out of the food processor and knead a couple of times. Let stand, cover with a napkin, for 20 minutes.
- Roll into a floured counter until the desired thickness; I liked thin, 1/2 cm. more or less or 1/4′
- Heat oil to 180C or 350F.
- Fry for 2-3 minutes per side. They should be golden brown
- Remove to a plate lined with a paper towel to absorb excess oil
- Serve warm
Notes
For the molasses sauce: 1 square of Chancaca or Panela or Piloncillo, 2 cups of water, lemon or orange peel 2 little squares, 1 cinnamon stick, 3 cloves, and 2 tablespoons cornstarch dissolved in 1/4 cup cold water
Place the water, panela, orange peel, cinnamon and cloves in a medium saucepan. Cook over medium heat occasionally stirring until brown sugar is melted. Boil gently for 15 minutes.
If you want it thicker, add the cornstarch dissolved in cold water and stir until thickened.
You can drizzle the sopaipillas with sauce or soak into the sauce and serve warm.
Keywords: Chilean Sopaipillas, chilean bread
Pilar, hola!
La harina sin polvos, es la all purpose flour ?
Tu blog tiene buscador? No lo logro encontrar.
Gracias!
Para buscar algo lejos lo más fácil es poner en la barra de google “enmicocinahoy alfajores” o lo que sea que necesites y te sale altiro la receta.
La harina sin polvos es la all purpose, arriba puedes cambiar el idioma y ver los ingredientes con sus nombres en inglés.
Suerte!
Gracias! Voy a meterme a indagar entre todas estas increibles recetas!
Ayer hice las sopaipillas y empanadas, un éxito!
Hola. Que modelo de procesador ocupas tu?
Gracias.
Tengo un KitchenAid de 12 tazas de capacidad.
I googled sopaipillas tonight and found your receipt. I haven’t had sopaipillas since I was living in La Punta Chile back in 1983. It will bring back great memories. Your photo looks just like a little girl in that community whose name was also Pilar. Thanks again for posting the receipt, the sopaipillas will bring back great memories of that great little community!
Have fun!
I have been looking for a Chilean sopaillia recipe for sometime and I’m so glad you posted this. My sweet momma used to make them every winter and I would help as a child. I haven’t eaten them for a few years since my mom got sick. I lost her this year the day after Christmas and now I find myself lost without her. I think making the foods she made will make me feel like she’s still with me.
Thanks again,
love you momma!
Carolina
I’m so sorry for your lost Carolina. Please let me know if you have any questions. Welcome to the blog. Hugs.
Hi, yummi! I haven’t had sopaipillas since I left Chile in 2000, now I live im Brisbane Australia. Chilean ingredients here are more limited and there is no Chancaca, I made it with real pumpkin and wholemeal flour, it taste great!!! My partner is Australian and loved it. Thanks for the recipe!!! Btw, after 18 years I’m going back to chile in Feb next year.
Great! I’m glad you got to enjoy them. Have fun in Chile and eat well.
My husband is from Chile – and wants these but wants me to bake them I stead of frying them so they are healthier – do you think they would work to bake them instead? Thanks!
They work, but they don’t taste similar…. bake a couple for him to taste them and decide after.
Thank you for this recipe! They taste just as I remember them over 10 years ago and have shared with friends who have been to Chile. One question. After I have made the dough can it sit out for a while? If so should I refrigerate? Also if I roll out the sopaipillas and cut them can they sit for a while before cooking? Thanks for your help!
It can be out, the dough, for 2 hours no problem. More I would refrigerate. Same with the already cut sopaipillas. Good luck!
Hi Pilar, I’m from Chile and left the country 48 years ago never learnt to cook chilean food, I’m not a great cook but I try so now that I discovered your recipes I would like to make the sopaipillas, but I’ve a question don’t have a food processor so how do I work the dough? I can’t wait I remenber having them in winter on cold days calientitas y pasadas, que delicia!!
Love your blog and next I would like to try your empanadas recipe I love them, wish me luck!
Hugs….
You can do it by hand or with a mixer. The dough is ready when it feels soft and elastic.
Hello! My daughter is making these for a Spanish class. Can you tell us what “2 little squares” of lemon peel translates to as far as measurement? Thank you!
Hi, you can do 1 teaspoon of zested orange or lemon. Or a piece of 3″ x 1″ of lemon peel and remove it before dipping the Sopaipillas. Good luck.
Hi and thankyou for your blog and recipe! I was just wondering what I could use instead of the cane sugar? Thankyou.
I don’t know, I keep the recipes traditional on purpose, so I haven’t tried other options.
I happy I stumbled onto your blog. Sopaipilla is what miss growing up. Mom only made them square to maximize the dough and never added pumpkin. Go figure! I hope to bring this back in my life and i’ll Try your pumpkin version. Thank you for sharing all these recipes which I would never tackle in Spanish.
Hi Tatiana, I’m from the middle of the country in Chile (Zona Central), in the south the sopaipillas are made without pumpkin so maybe that was your mom recipe. I don’t have that recipe published, but I would add it to my list.