Churros are a typical Spanish meal, consisting of dough of flour, water, sugar and salt, which is inserted into a device called “piping bag” that forms cylindrical strips of one finger thick, ready to be fried in olive oil. They are usually eaten as breakfast, dipped in hot chocolate, coffee, or sprinkled with sugar.
Serves 4
Ingredients:
- 400 cl of water
- a teaspoon of salt
- 300 gr of flour
- a teaspoon of baking powder
- olive oil, for frying
- sugar, to serve
Method:
Pour the salt into water and heat it. When it starts boiling, add the flour mixed with baking powder, little by little. Take care not to add too baking powder, because churros would be too inflated and they will take a lot of oil, making them indigestible. Stir well the mix until you get thin and smooth dough, not too thick.
Push the dough through a piping bag with a medium nozzle, according to the thickness of the churros you’d like to get.
Fry in abundant hot olive oil. The oil should be at enough temperature (around 180-200°C maximum). To check if the temperature is right, drop a bit of dough and make sure that it browns properly. If the oil is too hot, it would get burned. If the temperature is very low, the dough would soak up the oil.
Take the churros out from the frying pan when they are golden brown and drain them on paper towels. Serve them warm, sprinkled with sugar or with hot chocolate, as you like.
Recommendations: the best place to eat churros:
Casa Aranda
3, Herrería del Rey Street.
29005 Malaga, Spain
Best and oldest churrería in Málaga, from 1932. If there is a landmark associated with churros in Malaga, this is Casa Aranda. Casa Aranda is located in the heart of Málaga, near the shopping streets. He has over 75 years dedicated to the task of serving chocolate with churros.
Map: click here!
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