Churros with spicy chocolate sauce

desserts spanish New Year's Eve
Total: 40 min. | Active: 40 min.
vegetarian

These long turnovers are hot, greasy and irresistible. They are particularly popular in Spain, but also in Portugal and South America. Churros traditionally appear on the breakfast table on New Year's Day and are meant to bring good luck. But these crispy, deep-fried, highly calorific snacks are a delicious treat for any occasion.

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Ingredients

for 18 pieces

Dough
2 ½ dl water
75 g butter
¼ tsp salt
200 g white flour
4  eggs, beaten
To deep fry
  oil for deep-frying
4 tbsp sugar
Sauce
1 ½ dl full cream
1  red chilli, deseeded, finely chopped
100 g dark chocolate (approx. 80%)

How it's done

Dough

Bring the water, butter and salt to the boil, reduce the heat. Add all of the flour at once, stir with a wooden spoon for approx. 1 1/2 mins. until a smooth dough forms which separates from the base of the pan. Remove the pan from the heat.

Gradually stir in the eggs. The dough should be soft but not runny. Transfer the dough to a piping bag with a serrated nozzle (approx. 10 mm in diameter).

To deep fry

Fill a pot to 1/3 with oil and heat it to approx. 160°C. Pipe strips of dough onto the slotted spoon in a teardrop shape (approx. 10 cm long), snip off with scissors, place in the hot oil, deep fry for approx. 6 mins. Remove and drain on paper towels. Toss the churros in sugar.

Sauce

Heat the cream and chilli in a pan, remove the pan from the heat. Add the chocolate and stir to melt. Serve with the churros.

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