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Churros with Chocolate Sauce
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Churros with Chocolate Sauce

Crispy Spanish churros in cinnamon sugar with chocolate sauce

⏱ 35 min🍽 8 servings 🌍 Mediterranean👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 3 parts
🧀 Dairy🥬 Vegetarian
Versions:Original🌱 Vegan⚖ Pareve🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Choux Pastry

  1. 1
    In a pot, bring the water to a boil with the butter, salt and sugar.
    StovePot
  2. 2
    Add the flour all at once and stir over the heat for 1–2 minutes, until the dough comes together into a ball and pulls away from the sides.
    Stove
    💡Cooking on the stove dries the dough: that way it absorbs more eggs, and their steam puffs it up in the oven.
  3. 3
    Let cool 5 minutes, add the egg and mix into a smooth dough.

To assemble

  1. 4
    Fill a piping bag fitted with a star tip with the dough.
    Piping bagPiping tips
  2. 5
    Heat the oil in a pot for deep-frying and pipe strips of dough into it. Fry 3–4 minutes, until golden and crisp.
    ⚙ Deep-fryingStoveSlotted spoonCandy/oil thermometerPot
    💡Keep the oil at 170–180°C (340–355°F): too cold, and the food soaks up oil; too hot, and it browns outside before the inside cooks. Without a thermometer, dip the tip of a wooden spoon in the oil: when medium bubbles form around it right away, the oil is hot enough.
    💡Don't overload the oil: every piece that goes in cools it down. Fry one piece as a test, then the rest in several batches, and transfer to paper towels.
  3. 6
    Place on paper towels and roll in a mixture of the sugar and cinnamon.
    Paper towels
  4. 7
    Finely chop the chocolate and put it in a bowl.
    KnifeCutting boardBowl
  5. 8
    Heat the cream until just about to boil and pour over the chocolate. Wait a minute without touching.
    StoveSmall saucepan
  6. 9
    Stir gently from the center outward, until you get a smooth, glossy cream.
    💡Stir gently from the center outward: vigorous stirring beats in air, and the ganache loses its shine.
  7. 10
    Serve right away with the chocolate sauce.
317calories
4 gprotein
28 gcarbs
21 gfat
● protein 5%● carbs 36%● fat 59%

Per serving (103 g), of 8 servings

For the Choux Pastry · To assemble ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (9) · 🍳 2 cooking vessels

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Pot · Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (less liquid, faster evaporation) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Wok (For quick cooking)
  • Small saucepan · Also works: Pot (None) · Frying pan (A deep pan for sauces)
  • Piping bag · Also works: Zip-top bag (Zip-top bag with a corner cut off, no tip) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Spoon / teaspoon (regular) (With a spoon, uneven)
  • Piping tips · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Piping bag (Cut hole, no decorative pattern)
  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)
  • Slotted spoon · Also works: Spider strainer (None) · Tongs (For large pieces)

🧻 Consumables: Paper towels

Helps, not needed: Candy/oil thermometer

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🧩 Built from…

Choux Pastry → Ganache → Churros

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