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Crispy and Creamy - Avocado Dry-cured ham (Prosciutto) and Cheese Tempura - Recipe Video

A simple and easy to understand recipe video shows how to make Crispy and Creamy - Avocado Dry-cured ham (Prosciutto) and Cheese Tempura.
It is tempura with cheese and dry-cured ham (prosciutto) wrapped inside an avocado. It's crispy on the outside and melty on the inside. This dish is sure to go well with alcohol and is also recommended as a snack. How about a dish for tonight with a drink? Please try it out, and we hope you like it.

Cook time

25 minutes

Ingredients
8 pieces

  • Avocado
    1
  • Cream cheese
    30 g
  • Dry-cured ham (Prosciutto)
    8 sheets
  • Cake flour (Pastry flour)
    30 g
  • Starch
    1.5 tsp
  • Cold water
    60 ml
  • Frying oil
    as needed
  • Rock salt
    1/2 tsp
  • Parsley
    as needed

How to make

  1. 1. Mix batter ingredients.
  2. 2. Cut avocado in half and remove seeds.
  3. 3. Place the cream cheese in the hollow of the unseeded avocado in Step 2, remove the skins, and cut each avocado into four equal pieces.
  4. 4. Wrap dry-cured ham (prosciutto) around the cream cheese from Step 3.
  5. 5. Dip Step 4 into Step 1.
  6. 6. Add about 0.2-inch depth of frying oil in a pot and heat to 170°C (338°F). Deep fry Step 5 for about 3 minutes until it gets crispy entirely.
  7. 7. Drain off the oil, place on a plate, serve with rock salt, garnish with parsley, and it's ready to serve.

Tips for cooking

It is a key to make batter with cold water instead of the water at room temperature, to make tempura crispy. We used rock salt this time, but you can substitute the salt you have at home.