Churros Con Chocolate (spanish)

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup water
• 1/3 cup oil
• 1 piece lemon rind
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup flour
• oil (for frying)
• sugar, for dusting
• 200 g good-quality dark chocolate, coarsely chopped
• 1 cup milk
• 1 tablespoon sugar

Recipe

• 1 for the churros: in a saucepan, combine first 4 ingredients (water,oil,rind,salt) and bring to a boil.
• 2 skim out the rind, add flour and beat mixture with a wooden spoon on low flame until the batter becomes smooth and then congeals into a ball.
• 3 remove from flame and put batter in a pastry bag and pipe long strips or rings of it into deep, hot oil.
• 4 fry in deep oil until golden brown, remove and drain.
• 5 cut into short strips and dust with sugar.
• 6 for the chocolate: combine the chocolate, sugar and milk in a medium saucepan over medium heat. cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until chocolate melts and the mixture is smooth. if you like your chocolate thicker, lessen the milk a bit.
• 7 pour in a cup. dunk the churros in it and eat! enjoy!