Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Churros Balls con Chocolate

The monsters did it again. James kept on saying that he is going to cook Churros con Chocolate but badly needs help. And so Neil, our youngest, willingly volunteered, but was assigned the heavy task of mixing the sticky batter, while his kuya pre-assigned himself to cook the chocolate (claiming it is the harder task...tsk...tsk). As usual, when the war between the two monsters begin, no one is ever going to compromise, leaving me alone to do everything...again.

for the churros:
2 c all purpose flour
2 c boiling water
pinch of salt
1-2 c vegetable oil (i prefer virgin coconut oil)

Combine flour, water, and salt in a large bowl. Mix thoroughly (texture is very sticky). Spoon batter into a piping bag and squeeze to form loops in a greased cookie sheet. Actually this is the ideal way of doing it. Not that I'm too stubborn to do it the usual way but my cheap piping bag exploded the moment i squeezed the batter out of it. An easier way to do it is to spoon the batter into balls directly in the hot oil and fry it over medium heat until golden brown. Drain in paper towels. Sprinkle sugar over the churros and serve with the warm chocolate dip.

for the chocolate:
1 large can evaporated milk
4 tablespoons cocoa (i used unsweetened chocolate bar)
3 tablespoons sugar (adjust according to taste)

For the chocolate, mix all the ingredients in a heavy saucepan over lowest heat. Continuously stir to avoid burning the bottom of the mixture. The chocolate is ready when it has thickened in consistency.

Next time...
1. I'll buy a heavy duty (yet expensive) piping/icing bag before i make another churros.
2. I'll make sure the monsters are aware that Churros is a certified junk food whichever way you look at it, not to mention the fact that it eats up my expensive VCO in the cooking process.

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

hindi naman ganyan ang itsura ng churros. cno ba gumawa nito?parang luto ng kuya ko

1:14 PM  
Blogger puFF said...

duh?!? ang kuya mo...nanggugulo lang sa kusina ko...at ikaw naman Neil ang nanggugulo sa blog ko. haay...u kids are always complaining, monsters naman pagdating sa kainan!

2:14 PM  

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