~520 cal · 8g protein · 89g carbs · 14g fat (estimated, per serving)
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Ridged fried churros beside a cup of thick hot chocolate
🇪🇸 Valencia
Churros con chocolate is the indulgent Spanish breakfast (or after-a-long-night snack): ridged fritters of simple flour-and-water dough piped into hot oil, fried crisp, and dusted with sugar, then dunked into a cup of chocolate thick enough to stand a spoon in. Weekend mornings in Spain smell like this.
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Ingredients
Serves 4 —
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2 cups flour
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2 cups water
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1 tsp salt
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as needed oil for frying
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6 oz + 1.5 cups dark chocolate and milk (for dipping)
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1/4 cup sugar (for dusting)
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1 tbsp cornstarch
Instructions
1
Boil the water with salt, then beat in the flour to make a thick paste; cool slightly.
2
Pipe ridged lengths of dough into hot oil and fry until crisp and golden.
3
Drain and roll in sugar.
4
Warm the chocolate with the milk and cornstarch into a thick drinking chocolate.
5
Serve the churros hot with the chocolate for dipping.
Spanish tradition.
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Valencia. The birthplace of paella, cooked over orange-wood fires.
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Spain. Rice fields, olive groves, and a coastline of seafood.
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Europe. Village recipes guarded for generations.
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Richard Moore & Kelsey Tucker
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