What are Churros
This churro recipe achieves a delightful balance, with a soft interior and a crispy exterior. The addition of cinnamon sugar provides the ideal touch of sweetness to enhance the deliciousness of these churros.
Ingredients
For the churros
- 250 milliliters Water
- 85 g Unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon Caster sugar
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
- 140 g Plain flour
- 1 Large Egg
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 1 Sunflower oil for deep frying
For the sugar coating
- 100 g Granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
For the chocolate dipping sauce
- 100 g Dark chocolate you can use milk chocolate if you prefer
- 100 milliliters Double cream
Instructions
Cinnamon Sugar
- To begin, prepare the cinnamon sugar by combining 100g of granulated sugar with 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon on a baking sheet. Mix the two ingredients thoroughly and set aside.100 g Granulated sugar, 1 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
Churro's
- Grab a saucepan and add in the water, unsalted butter, and salt, and bring to a boil over a medium heat.85 g Unsalted butter, ¼ teaspoon Salt, 250 milliliters Water
- Once the wet ingredients are boiling turn to a low heat and add in your plain flour and caster sugar and stir using a spatula until all the mixture turns into a smooth dough140 g Plain flour, 1 tablespoon Caster sugar
- Transfer the hot churro dough into a large mixing bowl and leave it to cool for 5-10 minutes
- While the dough is cooling pour the sunflower oil into your fryer or deep skillet and heat it to 180 degrees Celsius or 360 degrees Fahrenheit1 Sunflower oil
- Once the dough has cooled add in vanilla extract and 1 egg in the mixing bowl and mix really well, keep mixing until the dough comes together and is smooth again.1 teaspoon Vanilla extract, 1 Large Egg
- Transfer the churro dough into a piping bag or pipping gun with a star tip attachment with the size churro you would like.
- Carefully pipe the churro dough into your pre-heated oil and cut at whatever length churro you want with a sharp knife or clean scissors being careful not to splash.
- Leave your churros to fry until they are golden brown, they should only take about a minute or so.
- Using tongs transfer them to a kitchen roll to let them drip dry for one minute.
- Now transfer the warm churros to the cinnamon sugar and roll them until they are covered in a coat of sugar and set to one side
- Repeat this frying, drying, and rolling process with the left-over dough mixture.
Dipping sauce
- In a saucepan add in 100g of dark chocolate and 100ml of double cream.100 g Dark chocolate, 100 milliliters Double cream
- Heat up over a medium heat keep stirring slowly until the chocolate mixture is all melted and become smooth,
- Transfer the dipping sauce to a small serving bowl.
- There you have it warm sweet crisp churros served with a delicious chocolate dipping sauce.
Notes
Tips and tricks to make churros
When utilizing a deep fat fryer or a skillet pan with hot oil, exercise caution to avoid splashing the churros. Gently and slowly lower each churro, utilizing the safety of the basket in deep fryers. Prioritize safety over speed, and use tongs to extract the churros from the hot oil due to their high temperature.
Nutrition
Calories: 144kcalCarbohydrates: 15gProtein: 2gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 28mgSodium: 41mgPotassium: 58mgFiber: 1gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 217IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 13mgIron: 1mg
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