John Myers
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Make churros yourself – the ingredients
The characteristic of churros is their star-shaped and elongated shape. They also have a golden brown color. For 10 churros you need the following ingredients:
- salt (1 pinch)
- butter (75 grams)
- Flour (110 grams)
- Frying oil (1.5 liters)
- sugar (225 grams)
- Eggs (3 pieces medium size)
- Cinnamon (2 teaspoons)
Preparation – step by step
The basis for the preparation of churros is choux pastry. It is baked in hot oil and then rolled in sugar and cinnamon.
- First, salt and butter are boiled in 250 ml of water. Meanwhile, sift the flour, add it and stir it in with a wooden spoon. A perforated spoon is particularly suitable for this.
- In the next step, after the water has been boiled, the stove is switched off. A white surface must form on the bottom of the pot and the dough must form a ball when it detaches itself from the bottom.
- The batter is then poured into a mixing bowl to cool. It is important that you stir constantly while doing this. Then the eggs are added and mixed in.
- Next, heat oil to 170°C – 180°C in a wide saucepan. To get a classic elongated shape of the churros, you should use a piping bag with a star nozzle.
- Fill the pastry into this piping bag and pipe 3 strips into the hot oil. Then carefully cut the strip with a knife. The churros need to be fried for about 4-5 minutes. Don’t forget to turn!
- When the churros are fried, remove them. Kitchen paper is a good surface to drain on.
- Then mix together the sugar and cinnamon. The drained churros are then rolled in it. Now they are edible.
- If you prefer chocolate as a topping instead of sugar and cinnamon, you can mix a delicious chocolate sauce.
- For this, 125 ml of water, 1 pinch of salt, and 125 g of sugar are boiled in a saucepan. Then stir in 100 g of cocoa with a whisk. Cook for 3 – 4 minutes while stirring constantly and the chocolate dream is ready!
