Churros With Chocolate Sauce

I had my first churros few weeks ago in a kiosk. Personally, i felt it was a little pricey for a dough and the chocolate sauce dipping comes with a different price. After tasting i can guess most of the ingredients use in the making and back home i started to search for churros recipe. Thousand and one recipes listed and all calls for a simple ingredients and very much easy to make.

The next day i started to make my own churros with chocolate sauce dipping. The churros takes no time to make and i love the simplicity of the ingredients used in the making. I enjoyed piping out the churros in the hot oil and they puffed up immediately (thanks to the added baking powder) to reveal their signature looks with lines in-between. They were soft and pillowy and goes really well with rich and chocolaty chocolate sauce. With a generous dip of the creamy chocolate sauce, i forgot how many i munched on...

Ingredients

1 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp granulated white sugar
1 egg,beaten
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup water
1/8 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp vegetable oil

For Chocolate Sauce

1 cup of semisweet choc chips
1/2 cup cream


Methods

In a saucepan, add 1 cup of water and salt. Stir and bring to boil.

In a bowl, sieve together flour and baking powder. Add salt and mix.

Add the boiling water into the flour mixture, stirring constantly and add the vanilla extract and egg. Stir well to form a smooth dough with no lumps.

Spoon the dough into pastry bag fitted with large star tip.

Heat oil in a frying pan and once oil is hot enough for deep frying, gently pipe the batter direct into the hot oil. Use kitchen scissor to detach the batter from the pastry bag after each squeeze.

Fry for 2-3 minutes over a medium heat on both sides or until golden. Remove from oil and drain on kitchen towel to remove excess oil.

For Chocolate Sauce

Boil water in a pot, place a large bowl on the pot (preferably a bowl that is larger than the pot)

Add the chocolate chips on the bowl and stir till the chocolate melted.

Add the cream and stir till the chocolate are completely dissolved and glossy.

Remove from heat.

Serve the churros with chocolate sauce