Getting back into cooking since 2009.


Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Churros!

As part of the long weekend/small plates deal, I took on dessert. Churros with Spanish style hot chocolate, to be precise. If it weren't for the bad idea of making it all a-la-minute (I had unfounded fears of making both parts ahead of time, and them not reheating properly) then I would count it all as success! Unfortunately it stressed me out a little, I got oil splatter burns up my arm, broke my cookie gun, and we didn't eat them til 11pm.


1. For the Churros: I followed this recipe, but it proved too tough to push through the cookie gun, who's fault that is I don't know, but if I was to use that thing again I'd make the dough a lot softer and hope that it still all holds together once it hits the oil. After breaking the gun I ended up just rolling some out into rough looking tubes by hand and crankily throwing them in the pan. They still worked! I should've done that from the start. Something to watch out for - exploding churros! This is how I got splattered with hot oil :(


2. For the Chocolate: I had a few recipes I tried for this, none of which were particularly great so it ended up being a bit of a mongrel in the end. A delicious mongrel, though. Something along the lines of:
  • Bring milk to a boil & stir in chocolate, add a cinnamon stick & split vanilla pod (this isn't necessary really but it always feels nice to use a real life vanilla.)
  • Stir in a mix of corn flour + water (so there isn't lumps of flour) over a low heat until it thickens to be something you can dip your fried things into.
  • Ladle into cups, wonder what you are going to do with such a massive pot of leftover hot chocolate, make a mental note to not make so freakin much of it next time.

2 comments:

  1. When you come back to Melbourne I'll take you to Casa Iberica where you can buy a Paella pan the size of your kitchen and a churerria. AND WHITE ANCHOVIES and then we'll drive up the road to that MEXICAN HOMEWARES PLACE and buy PiƱatas! OK?!

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  2. Goooood one Soda. I love churros!! You need to hit up that churro joint in Fremantle, San Churro, I've been to its Melbourne counterpart and it is fucking delicious. They do an awesome Aztec chili hot chocolate...it actually burns a bit. But in a good way.

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