Recipe: Churros with Chocolate Orange Sauce

Cooks: CircoTherm® 185°C, with medium steam 20-25 minutes.

Ingredients

Churros:

• 230ml water
• 120g unsalted butter
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons of soft brown sugar
• 160g plain flour
• 3 medium eggs

Also:

• 100g white caster sugar
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 3 tbsps melted butter

Orange Hot Chocolate Sauce:

• 2 tbsps cocoa powder
• 2 tbsps sugar
• 140g milk chocolate, broken into chunks
• 1 tsp orange extract
• 170ml milk
• 2 tbsps cornflour
• 4 tbsps cold water
• Zest of one orange

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Preheat the oven to CircoTherm® 185°C, with medium steam. Place silicon baking mats or baking parchment onto two baking sheets.

Add the water, butter, salt, vanilla extract and brown sugar to a saucepan and bring to the boil. Simmer for a minute or two until the sugar dissolves. Turn the heat down to low and stir in the flour, using a wooden spoon. Continue to cook on low, stirring for a minute until the mixture is thick. Turn off the heat.

Using the wooden spoon, stir the eggs into the mixture, one-at-a time until combined. Don’t over-stir.

Spoon the mixture into a piping bag with a large star tip (Wilton #1M is a good size).

Pipe rows approx. 8-10cm long onto the baking sheets. Leave 2-3 cm between each churro, as they will expand slightly. Place in the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes until golden brown.

Whilst the churros are baking, make the orange hot chocolate sauce. Place the cocoa powder, sugar, chocolate, orange extract and milk into a saucepan. Heat on a medium heat, stirring regularly, until almost boiling, then turn the heat down to low.

Mix together the cornflour and water in a separate bowl, then pour it into the chocolate mixture, a splash at a time, whilst stirring, until the mixture thickens. Spoon into a bowl and sprinkle the orange zest on top.

Mix together the caster sugar and cinnamon on a large plate. Take the churros out of the oven and brush with the melted butter, then roll in the cinnamon sugar.

Serve with the orange hot chocolate sauce.