CHURROS WITH HOT CHOCOLATE

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Churros with hot chocolate (churros are like long donuts and "churros con chocolate" is a favourite Sunday breakfast for many Spaniards).

Basic ingredients 250ml water 50ml sunflower oil 1/2 tsp salt 200g flour	115g dark chocolate 1 litre milk 1 tbsp cornflour 4 tbsp sugar caster sugar oil for deep frying
Steps: 1. Put the water (250ml), oil, and salt in a heavy pan and bring to the boil 2. Turn the heat down and add the flour - beat togther until the mixture forms a ball then remove from heat 3. Heat the oil for deep frying until very hot 4. Using a icing syringe, pipe thick strips into the oil and fry until golden brown (if you haven't got one, see Tips below) 5. Place on a plate and sprinkle with the caster sugar 6. For the chocolate sauce place the chocolate and half the milk in a pan and heat 7. Dissolve the cornflour in the rest of the milk and mix into the chocolate together with the sugar 8. Continue heating the mixture on a low heat stirring constantly 9. Once the mixture has thickened remove from the heat and whisk until really smooth and serve with the warm churros (donuts)
Tips and ideas: Don´t worry if you haven´t got an icing syringe - a plastic bag for freezing with the corner cut off will do as a substitute Churros with chocolate is quite calorie-intensive. But if you want to cut down a bit, then when you take the churros out of the oil, put them on kitchen paper to absorb the excess oil before serving Accompany the chocolate and churros with glasses of cool water because this delicious Spanish sweet will make you thirsty.