Recipe
Spanish Doughts with Hot Chocolate (Chocolate con Churros)
Posted by : unknown
Preparation time : 1 Hrs 20 Min
Cooking time : 20 Min
Level of difficulty : Medium
Ingredients
6 servings
- Ingredients for the Churros
- Vegetable or Olive Oil
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup margarine or butter
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup flour
- 3 eggs
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon (optional)
- Ingredients for the Spanish hot Chocolate (for Churro Dunking)
- 600 gr (21oz) dark chocolate, chopped
- 2 cups milk
- 1 tablebspoon cornflour
- 4 tablespoon sugar
Preparation
Preparation instructions for the churros doughts
- Prepare to fry the churros by heating oil in a pan
- To make churro dough, heat water, margarine and salt to rolling boil saucepan; Stir in flour. Stir vigorously over low heat until mixture forms a ball, about 1 minute.
- Remove from heat. Beat eggs all at once; continue beating until smooth and then add to saucepan while stirring mixture.
- Spoon mixture into cake decorators' tube with large star tip (like the kind use to decorate cakes).
- Squeeze 4-inch(10cm) strips of dough into hot oil.
- Fry 3 or 4 strips at a time until golden brown, turning once, about 2 minutes on each side.
- Drain on paper towels.
- Roll churros in sugar (Mix Sugar and the optional cinnamon)
Preparation instructions for the Spanish chocolate (for Churro Dunking)
- Place the chocolate and half the milk in a pan and heat, stirring, until the chocolate has melted.
- Dissolve the cornflour in the remaining milk and whisk into the chocolate with the sugar.
- Cook on low heat, whisking constantly, until the chocolate is thickened, about five minutes.
- Add extra cornflour if it doesn't start to thicken after 5 minutes.
- Remove and whisk smooth.
- Pour and server in cups or bowls for dunking churros. Do not pour over churros, but use the mix for dunking churros after every bite. Served warm.
