Churros con Chocolate

Boredom is very bad for me and my sister because it's either we eat or we cook (which also ends up on eating.) So yesterday, we we're browsing through one of our cookbooks and saw this churros recipe. 

Churros are also referred to as Spanish Doughnuts. They are golden brown and crispy on the outside, but moist and light on the inside. It's best served dipped in chocolate or sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar. Whatever fits your taste. So here's a recipe of this fun and easy to make snack.

Churros con Chocolate

Serves 4 to 6
Prep Time: 20-25 mins.

Cooking Time: 25-30 mins.

Ingredients:

For the Churros:

1 cup water

1/2 cup butter

1 1/2 cups bread flour (you can also use any good quality all-purpose flour as substitute)

1/4 teaspoon salt

4 eggs

oil for frying

For the chocolate dip:

200 grams semisweet chocolate, chopped

2 cups evaporated milk

2 tablespoons cornstarch

1/2 cup sugar

2 tablespoons peanut butter

2 tablespoons butter

Procedure:

1. Place water and butter in a saucepan. Bring to a boil.
2. Lower the heat and add the flour and salt. Stir until the mixture starts to separate from the sides of the pan to form a dough.
3. Transfer dough to a bowl and mix with a whisk until no more steam comes out of it.
4. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. (Make sure that there's no more steam coming out of the dough before you put the eggs. We want to mix the eggs with the dough, not cook it.Remember, we're making a dough, not scrambled eggs) :)
5. Transfer mixture to a piping bag fitted with a large star tip.

 

   6. On a tray lined with a silicone mat or greaseproof paper, pipe out the      dough. Freeze for 2 hours.

   7. Heat oil for frying. Make sure that the oil is really hot or else, you'll end up with soggy churros.

   8. Drop the formed dough into the hot oil and fry until crisp and golden brown. Drain on paper towels.

For the chocolate dip:

1. Melt the chocolate in a double boiler. (Double boilers consists of a bowl placed on top of a pan of simmering water)

Double boiler

or you can just put a bowl on top of a pan with simmering water

2. When the chocolate is melted, add the remaining ingredients and whisk until mixture is thick and smooth.

Serve with churros. (Put a little whipped cream on top as an extra treat!)

As an alternative, you can also roll your churros on a mixture of cinnamon and sugar while it's still hot. Just add 1/4 teaspoon (or depending on your taste) of cinnamon on 1/4 cup sugar.

Time saving trick:

Cook and pipe out the dough the night before. in the morning, thaw a bit then fry in hot oil.

My sister and I tweaked the chocolate dip a little since we dont like a super sweet sauce. Instead of semisweet chocolates, we used our stocked Truffettes de France Chocolate (truffles) on our fridge and skipped the sugar and peanut butter. Delish!

Belle <3 Anne (we wouldn't miss piping this!LOL)