Churros with Chocolate Sauce

It's been wet days for the last few days in Geoje. Well the raining season is here, and so do the mosquitoes. But we are lucky to have a nice weather for the kermesse, it was hot and humid.

Perfect, couldn't ask for more.

School will be out in 3 days, my mind start to running fast..how to make them active during the holiday and plus the Ramadhan month are coming in a week time.

Over the weekend, kid asked me if i could prepare something nice for gouter, and I can't think any! I guess I was really tired after the school event. I can't even feel my feet!

SO there I was, sitting in front of the lappy and looking some NICE recipes..too many to choose to...until i saw churros recipe. I always feel intimidated with churros, always thought it was difficult to do it. But I was wrong. Nothing complicated at all.

Churros and Chocolate Sauce

Ingredients:

1 cup water

1/2 cup butter

1/4 tsp salt

1 cup all purpose flour

3 eggs, beaten

Vegetable oil for frying

Coating

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 tsp ground cinnamon (optional)

Chocolate Sauce

1 1/2 cup dark chocolate

3/4 cup heavy cream

Churro dough: 

Combine 1 cup of water with butter and the salt in a saucepan. Bring to boil over high heat. Using a wooden spoon, stir in the flour. Reduce the heat to low and stir vigorously until the mixture forms a ball. Remove the dough from the heat, keep stirring and gradually add the beaten eggs into the dough.

Heat oil in a pot over medium high heat.

Mix the sugar with the cinnamon on a plate and set aside.

Spoon the dough into a pastry bag fitted with a large tip. Squeeze a strip of dough into the hot oil. Repeat. Fry the churros, turning them once, until golden brown. Transfer the cooked churros to a plate lined with paper towels to drain.

Once the churros cool enough to handle, roll them in the sugar sugar-cinnamon.

For the chocolate sauce:

Bring a double boiler to a simmer. Carefully melt the chocolate. Remove from heat and with a wooden spoon, stir in the heavy cream until the sauce is smooth. Set aside.