Recipe: Churros

Churros with chocolate sauce. Picture / Babiche Martens.

CHURROS
Makes 20

• 1 cup water
• 80g butter, cubed
• 1 cup flour
• ¼ tsp salt
• 3 eggs
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 Tbsp cinnamon
• Sauce
• 100g chocolate, broken into pieces
• 150ml cream

1. Place water and butter in a pot and bring to the boil. Add flour and salt. Stir vigorously until the dough sticks together, forming a ball. Stir in the pot for 2 minutes to cook the flour. Remove and cool for 10 minutes.

2. Place the dough in a bowl and beat in the eggs, one at a time, until well combined.

3. Using a piping bag with a shaped nozzle, pipe 8cm lengths of dough on to a piece of baking paper. Place in the freezer until ready to cook.

4. Combine sugar and cinnamon in a bowl.

5. Make the chocolate sauce by combining chocolate and cream in a bowl over simmering water until smooth and delicious. Remove from heat.

6. To cook the churros, heat a deep fat fryer to a medium heat. Carefully drop the churros in, a few at a time, and fry for 3 or 4 minutes until cooked through and golden. Shake off excess oil and toss in cinnamon mixture.

7. Eat the churros while warm, dipped into the chocolate sauce.

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