Spanish Churros Recipe with Homemade Chocolate Sauce (2024)

FAQs

What is churro chocolate sauce made of? ›

To make the chocolate sauce, heat the heavy cream in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat until it's just beginning to bubble. In a medium bowl combine the chocolate, chile powder, vanilla, and cinnamon. Pour the hot cream over these ingredients and let stand for one minute.

The main difference between Mexican and Spanish churros is cinnamon. What is this? In Spain, churros are only coated in sugar and served with a chocolate dipping sauce. In Mexico, churros are coated in a sugar and cinnamon mixture and can be eaten alone or with dipping sauces like chocolate or caramel.

Spanish churros are deep-fried fritters made from a basic dough of flour and boiling water. If you've ever made choux pastry then making churros isn't much of a stretch. To make churros, simply cook the dough on the stovetop. Then, transfer the dough to a sturdy piping bag, churrera if you have one, or a cookie press.

How to Make Churro Dip. Combine ingredients: In a large bowl, mix the cream cheese and ¼ cup of sugar together with a hand mixer. Then, mix in the coffee creamer, ½ teaspoon of cinnamon, and heavy whipping cream. On high speed, beat the mixture until the texture becomes similar to whipped cream.

Churros Ingredients

Sugar: White sugar goes into the churro dough and into the cinnamon-sugar topping. Salt: A pinch of salt enhances the flavors of the other ingredients. Oil: You'll need vegetable oil for the dough and to fry the churros. Flour: All-purpose flour gives the churro dough structure.

In a small saucepan or in the microwave, melt together 1 cup milk and 1 cup chopped semisweet chocolate. Remove from the heat and add another cup of chocolate; stir until the chocolate is melted and the mixture is thickened and slightly cooled.

Some people pipe the dough onto parchment paper and freeze it so they can get perfect shapes. We have found freezing the dough prior to frying doesn't give as flaky and puffy a texture. We recommend squeezing the dough directly into the hot oil for the best texture.

The word “churro” in Spanish (not slang) is a kind of fried sweet pastry tubular shaped commonly eaten with a cup of dark cocoa. In Peru, “churro” is a slang word meaning a very attractive young person, both of female or male sex.

Churros are made of Choux (pronounced SHOO) pastry (called in French pâte à choux), which is the same stuff that is used to make cruller donuts, cream puffs, and éclairs.

If it is too sticky it could be two things: the gluten hasn´t properly developed or the water is not well incorporated. You can solve this by kneading the dough for longer and leave it to rest 5 extra minutes. If this still doesnt help you can add a bit more of extra flour to the dough to help absorb more water.

What do Spaniards like to eat with churros? ›

In Spain, there are restaurants devoted to serving churros, which are designed to be dipped into thick drinking chocolate or milky coffee for breakfast, along with street stalls serving up fresh churros to whisk home to share.

Spanish churros with chocolate

Churros are a famous Spanish dessert all over the world, but in Spain, the most typical time to consume them is for breakfast, especially during the winter. It's a terrific way to warm up by mixing it with a cup of hot chocolate.

What goes in churros. All you need is flour, baking powder, oil and boiling water to make the batter, then cinnamon and sugar for coating. Boiling water is key here – it makes the batter a unique “gummy” texture so when piped and cooked, it retains the signature ridges.

Unlike doughnut dough, churro batter doesn't need proving, it's ready as soon as you've mixed it together. And unlike choux pastry, it is a forgiving dough, that doesn't require you to judge the texture or add the egg in tiny increments.

Churros con chocolate are a classic Spanish sweet snack made from a choux pastry style mix, piped with a star shaped nozzle into long straight or curled fingers, fried in oil and coated in a mix of sugar and cinnamon.

Use a wooden skewer to make a hole on the inside of each churro. Use a piping bag with a long round tip to fill the churros with dulce de leche or Mexican cajeta. Combine sugar and cinnamon and roll the churros in this mixture. Enjoy!

A simple chocolate syrup can be made from unsweetened cocoa powder, a sweetener such as sugar, and water. Recipes may also include other ingredients, such as corn syrup, malt, and flavorings like vanilla extract. Industrial recipes may contain ingredients such as: High fructose corn syrup.

COUVERTURE CHOCOLATE (the fancy stuff)

Our chocolate is sourced from only the best chocolatiers, and is all authentic couverture (the fancy stuff). Unlike the confectionary chocolate used by most brands, our couverture chocolate is made using a high percentage of cocoa solids and 100% pure cocoa butter.