Churros con Chocolate
April 22, 2018 | By Jeremy Scheck | 2 Comments
In necessary preparation for my summer as an au pair in Spain my friend Lavinia (who lived in Spain for 7 years) and I decided have a very Spanish Sunday. At our local farmers market we ate paella before going back to my house to make churros con chocolate, the iconic dessert/breakfast of Madrid.
The dough comes together very quickly on the stove, similar to choux pastry, and uses only basic ingredients. I find somewhat frying daunting, but these are a little easier to do than normal donuts as they are thinner. The chocolate dipping sauce is dark and thick with just a bit of sweetness, perfect to coat the churros or to sip as you enjoy them. These churros are a little technical but they come together quite quickly and are a true treat to share with friends and family.
If you use smaller piping tip like in the second picture, they will fry more quickly and evenly!
Video Tutorial
Churros Con Chocolate
Ingredients
- 2 cups (260g) all purpose flour
- 1 cup (240ml) whole milk
- 1 cup (240ml) water
- 2 tablespoons butter
- Pinch of salt
- 1 egg + 1 yolk
- Canola oil, for frying
- Sugar, for coating
- 1 cups whole milk
- 2 ounces semi-sweet chocolate (you can use unsweetened and add more sugar)
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon instant espresso powder
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch + 1 teaspoon more milk
Instructions
- Measure the flour into a small bowl and set aside.
- In a medium pot set over medium heat, mix the milk, water, butter, and the pinch of salt. Let heat until the butter melts and the mixture just begins to simmer around the edges before turning off the heat.
- With the heat off, mix in the flour vigorously using a wooden spoon or a danish dough whisk. Let sit three minutes to cool slightly before mixing in the egg and the yolk. It may look at first like it won't integrate, but just stir very vigorously. Set aside.
- Fill a tall saucepan halfway with canola oil. Use a thermometer to heat slowly to 350° F. If you don't have a thermometer just watch for the oil to bubble around a piece of test batter.
- Meanwhile bring the milk for the chocolate sauce to a simmer in a medium saucepan. Turn off the heat and add the chopped chocolate, sugar, vanilla, and espresso powder. Let sit for 5 minutes before whisking to a homogenous mixture. Set aside.
- Fill a piping bag fitted with a large star tip with the dough.
- In the hot oil, working in batches, extrude pieces of dough, using a scissors to cut them off from each other. Don't add more than 3 or 4 at a time or the temperature will drop too much. As you fry, be sure to regulate the temperature of the oil, increasing the heat or turning off the burner, keeping the temperature around 350° F. Use a heat safe tongs to safely move around the churros as needed.
- When they are deeply golden brown (they'll look passable for a while but you want them very dark golden---longer and darker than you might think), remove them from the oil using the tongs to a plate lined with paper towel. After the churros sit for a few minutes, toss in sugar. Repeat steps 7 and 8 until all the churros are fried. Place the sugared churros onto a serving dish.
- Before serving, finish the chocolate sauce: in a small cup stir the teaspoon of leftover milk and the cornstarch together until no lumps remain. Add to the chocolate mixture and return it to the heat. Let the chocolate mixture come to a simmer, stirring constantly until thickened. Pour into serving cups.
Jeremy is a student at Cornell University double majoring in Spanish and Italian with significant coursework in classes such as nutrition, food science and culinary science. He has years of experience as a home cook, working at a local bakery, and teaching cooking classes at Williams-Sonoma. After starting a TikTok account in March 2020 while quarantined in his childhood home, Jeremy’s presence grew to over 1.5 million followers in the first 6 months. During that time, he was featured in People Magazine, Fox News, BBC Radio, BuzzFeed, Tasty, Spoon University, and USA Today, among other media outlets.
This is great! We have a family friend who is a churrero and honestly they are the best the morning after Christmas Eve. Churros are actually only made of flour, water and salt but this recipe tastes great and although it isn’t fully the “real” thing, I still do it from time to time since I’m not as skilled. I’m usually very skeptical of all the “churros” recipes but I love all your other recipes so…
I just tried it this morning… Amazing! Thank you!