Churro which is sometime referred to as a Spanish doughnut. Every time I ate this, I will always be in a theme park somewhere and making this reminds me of all the fun that I have. Came across this recipes while watching YouTube, this recipe is from the man himself, Gordon Ramsay... The delicious churros is served with a hot chocolate infused with orange, chilli and vanilla pod.
Recipes
For the Churros:
250g Plain flour
50g Unslated butter
200ml Water
Pinch of salt
For the hot chocolate
150g 70% Dark chocolate
300ml Double cream
1 Vanilla pod
2" Cinnamon stick
1/4 Chilli unchopped
3-4 Pieces of orange zest
For the cinnamon sugar
50g Castor sugar
3 Tsp cinnamon
Methods
- Place the salt and flour in a mixing bowl of the stand mixer
- Melt butter in a saucepan and add water then bring to a boil
- Pour straight into flour and whisk to a smooth paste, add warm water to reach desired consistency
- The finish dough should be slowly drop from the whisk
- Place into a piping bag with star nozzle and chill in fridge for at least 30 min.
- Place all the ingredient for the hot chocolate into a saucepan
- Stir until all the chocolate have melted completely
- Remove from heat
- In a frying pan, heat oil to 180 degree C
- Pipe out churros and cut each piece at 3 to 4 inches.
- Fry for about 3 to 4 miinutes till golden brown
- Remove and drain off excess oil and coat with cinnamon sugar
- Serve with hot chocolate.... YUMMY!!
