Churros with Espresso Chocolate Sauce
Warm and crispy with a slight crunch as you bite into that's covered in sweet cinnamon sugar. With a soft and fluffy inside, these churros are accompanied with an espresso chocolate sauce that makes these the perfect churro experience you'll ever need.
Prep Time 20 minutes mins
Cook Time 10 minutes mins
Total Time 30 minutes mins
Churros
- 1 cup water
- 2 eggs
- 4 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 2 tbsp granulated sugar
- ¼ tsp salt
- 2 cups vegetable oil (for frying)
Cinnamon Sugar
- 3 tbsp granulated sugar
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
Espresso Chocolate Sauce
- 9 oz semi sweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup heavy cream
- ⅛ tsp cinnamon
- 1 shot of espresso
- a pinch of salt
In a medium saucepan combine water, sugar, salt, and unsalted butter. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring frequently then reduce to low heat.
Add flour into the saucepan all at once. Stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until the mixture comes together into a shiny ball and easily comes off the pan.
Transfer to a large mixing bowl and let cool for 5-10 minutes.
Add vanilla and eggs into a bowl (one at a time) while whisking with an electric hand mixer, until fully combined. Transfer the mixture to a piping bag with a star pastry tip.
Heat about vegetable oil in a large pot over medium-high heat until the oil reaches a temperature of 375° F., use a candy thermometer to check the temperature.
Pipe the churro mixture into the oil to a length of about 6 inches. Use a scissor to cut the mixture into the oil. Pipe no more than 4 churros at a time, frying them for about 2 minutes per side.
Transfer the churros to a plate lined with paper towels. Let paper towels soak up oil from churros for about 2 minutes. Then while they are still hot, toss them around in the cinnamon sugar mixture. Repeat this until all churro batter is used up.
Espresso Chocolate Sauce
Add cream and cinnamon to a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Do not let this boil. Pour cream mixture and espresso over chocolate chips.
Place chocolate chips in a medium mixing bowl. Pour cream mixture and espresso over chocolate chips and allow to sit for 1 minute. Whisk until combined.
Keyword chocolate, churros, espresso